Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-09 00:00:00

such a cold that she has yielded nothing but ice cream eau
since.

An outside passenger on a coach had his hat blown over
a bridge into the stream. " True to nature," said a gentle-
man who was seated beside him, "a beaver naturally takes

to the water

A.mong the passengers which arrived in the Vanderbilt on.
the Hon. John Sherman, member of
and Judge Harris, of Albany, a distin-
gaished American jurist.
One of the miseries of human . life -is going to dine with
your friend upon the strength of a general invitation, and
finding, by the countenance of his wife, that you had much
better have 'Waited for a particular one.
Among the novelties in preparation for the next publish-
ing season, is a new serial work by Mr. Thackeray. It will
form the most attractive feature in a monthly periodical to
be published by Messrs. Smith, Elder,. & Co.
AINMENTATION OF THE ARMT.—Wo have some reason
for believing that the Secretary of State for War meditates
calling out the whole of the militia,: and. of adding fifty new
battalions to the line.--- United Service Gazette.

Wednesda,
Congress

" Cleverness and Cunning are incompatible,"

meak, and

only natural to t

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but clevei people nevei
Mr. H. St. John ME

The Times ann-ounces tli

an officer in the Austrian service, will accompany
quarters of the Austrian army, as British Com-
missioner, during the war in Italy. Col. Cameron will
accompany the Sardinian army in a similar capacity.
Disacsp.zertur--One of the editors of the Neu, York
Tribune has been visiting the United States Supreme Court
at Washington,
.and says of the nine judges he saw there,
" eight of,them looked for all the world like a row of worn-
out nurses sitting in an Intelligence Office" waiting to be
hired." -

the head

It appears that the vaccination of sheep in Russia, for the
prevention of disease, has been attended with the most
satisfactory results, as it has been found that, out of ten
animals on whom that precaution has been practised, nine
are able to resist all attacks, whereas formerly more than
two-fifths died.

The first exhibition of the year by the Horticultural
Society takes place at St. James's Hall on Thursday and
Friday next. The old system of purchasing tickets of
admission having been abandoned, visitors, who are not
fellows, enter by payment at the door. A grand display
'of spring flowers may be anticipated.
_ . _

A MISTAKE IN SPELLING.---Some years ago, a lady died
who was known to have been partial to genuine Jamaica,
and orders were sent to the sexton to have the family vault
opened to receive the body.
_He did so, but finding it full,
-he wrote back that the lady could not be buried there, as
there was no rum in the vault.

HOP DUTY.---We are requested to state that the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer has consented to receive, on Monday
(this day), another deputation with respect to the May instal-
ment of the hop duty now due ; and there is no doubt but the
right hon. gentleman will then not only announce his
decision with respect to the absolute remission of the May
instalment, hut the further reduction of the impost to M.
per lb.—Maidstone Journal.
. There are no people on earth Who can scold with more
effect than the Ilindoos, and when two women are inter-
rupted in the midst of an argument of this kind, they take
a Kedjeree pot, an earthen vessel with a wide open mouth,
turn it upside down, set-it with its mouth to the ground,
and commit the quarrel to its keeping until they have leisure
to renew it. Similar instances of bottled up' spite may be
observed in more highly civilised countries.
A BEAUTIFUL GIRL. A beautiful girl—beautiful in
youth and health and purity—who wakes from sleep at
touch of morning light, as the flowers do, with a cheerful
grace ; whose first tones, like those of the birds, are the
most musical of the day ; from whose brow every trace of
yesterday's wear and last night's care is swept away, even
as the face of nature is renewed and brightened by the
,summer dew—such a girl is worth the winning.
• It is stated that the new restrictions put on Jews in
Austria i(s a vindictive policy of the Court on account of the
refusal of Hebrew bankers to back the late attempt at a
loan. The Israelites appear to be the prime movers in all
this Italian " difficulty, " which, as already noticed, has its
whole origin in the misunderstanding between France and
Austria about the boy Mortara, who is as much the cause of
this war as the key of the Jerusalem sepulehere was of the
Crimean campaign, That boy will be the death of many.
A remarkable natural curiosity is reported to have been
recently found in the Portland quarries. It is a stone
exactly resembling a monkey's head and the fore part of the
body. The shape of the ears, forehead, and eyes are
perfect, as well as the paws reclining on the breast. It is
supposed by many conversant in geological matters to be a

genuine petrification, and, if so, exceedingly valuable, being
the sole instance of a fossilized monkey known. But if only
—a mere accidental resemblance -it is well

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avortby of notice

THE LIFE OF FLOWERS.—Why does not everybody have
a geraninm, a rose, a fuschia, or some other flower in the
window ? It is very cheap—next to nothing —if you raise
it from seed or slip, and it is a beauty and companion. As
charming Leigh Hunt says : " It sweetens the air, rejoices
the eve, links you with nature and innocence, and is some-
thing to love." If it cannot love you in return, it cannot
,bate. you ; it cannot utter an unhateful thing even for
neglecting it, for, though it,is all beauty, it has no vanity;
and, living as it does, purely to do you good, and afford you
pleasure, how can you neglect it?
DISCOVERY OF INSCRIPTIONS IN THE HOLY LAND.—A
most important discovery of inscriptions has been made in
the holy Land, near Mount Sinai. The following account
of the excavations which led to the discovery, we owe to a
friend :—" I made a most interesting discovery close in
front of the cave at Magarah. I felt so convinced that
some of the large blocks there contained inscriptions that
examined them very closely, and on washing the dust and
sand -from a huge block, of many hundred tons weight, I
found to my great delight and surprise no less than six
inscriptions, of which I have taken five ; the remaining
one it was impossible to take, owing to the peculiar
Position of the stone. I then
_proceeded in my search,
and
son passim., my hands underneath a huge block I could
distinctly feel some tablets. I fortunately possessed four
crowbars, and, with the assistance of ten Arabs, I suceeeded
in about three hours in
raising it and turning it over upon
its face, and I have never seen any inscti
ption more beauti-
fully preserved. You will find these inscriptions exceedingly .
well taken, and I hope they will interesting. I have
been to Mount Sinai and ';(1u 1 since I wrote last. I
ascended the highest peak of the latterinscriptionsmtt of theaiti,a sndi found
'the latter mountain covered
na
character. No one has ascended the summaiteebuttsrnyse.lf
except Burekhardt, who has given a very
descrip-
tion of it. Dr. Lepsius ascended a lower peak. I never
had so hard a day's work in my life." The inscriptions have
reached London, and are in the 'Ands of Mr. Birch, of the
Museum.—Atheneum.