Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-10 00:00:00

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NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.

AMERICAN COTTON STATISTICS.

Mr. J. C. 011erenshaw, the Manchester representative
of Messrs. Neill, Brothers and Co., of New York, has
received the following information by telegraph via
Queenstown :
NEW Youx, Dec. 28.—Cotton receipts for the week
at all ports, 180,000 bales ;, showing an excess of 306,000
bales over the same time last year. Exports of the week
to Great Britain, 73,000 bales ; showing. an excess of
282,000 bales. Stock on hand at all ports, 880,000
bales. Sales of the week at all ports, 120,000 bales.
Crop intelligence unchanged. Price of middling at
New Orleans, lOic. ' • freight, 9-16 d. Price of middling
at Mobile, 10,3c._; freight,.9-16d.
FOUR DAYS LATER via HALwAx.—Receipts (four
days) at New Orleans, 45,000 bales. Receipts (four
days) at Mobile, 21,000 bales. Sales (three days) at
New Orleans, 69,000 bales. Sales (three days) at
Mobile, 16,000 bales. Latest price of middling at 'slew
Orleans, 101. c. ; freights, 9-16 d. Latest price of mid-
dling at Mobile, 10jc. ; freights, 9-16 d. Crop news
unchanged.

BOSTON, Dec. 28,

Latest from San Francisco state a severe snow storm,
interrupting mining and had caused some damage and
loss of property.
The ship Gem of the Ocean, Williams, from Calcutta,
spoke, 18th Nov. last, lon. 1 S., lat. 34 W., Accrington,
Liverpool for Calcutta, in charge of the second mate,
captain and mate having been poisoned by the steward
four days previously : would put into Rio. •
Advices from Vera Cruz to the 27th, report continued
disturbances in that country. General Degolla had
arrived at Vera Cruz. Marquez had been imprisoned
by Miramon on a charge of insubordination. The
Liberals had surprised and captured Teotillan.
• NEW YORK, Dec. 27th.—Foreign exchanges heavy.
Money without much activity ; rates, 6to 6i. Stocks
unchanged. New York Central lower. Ashes un-
changed. Cotton unchanged. Breadstuffs nominally
unaltered. Pork dull and declining, Bacon dull and
unchanged. Freights to Liverpool quiet.

PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. AMERICA.—From Boston :
Mr. Charles Castner, Captain A. Wild, Mr. A. Farrot,
Mr. E. Power, Mr. E. G. Nickerson, Captain W. Peter-
son, lady, and daughter ; Mr. L. Godcham, Mr. A.
Ludewig, Mr. Sullock, Mr. J. D. Urquirla, Mr.
Antonio Tuen,,Mr. John Morris, wife, and two children ;
Mrs. J. E. Picoene, Mr. William Campbell, Mr. Henry
Myers, Mr. S. Caraya.nnopulf; and Mr. L. Samyn ; and
Messrs. W. Wood, W. Sutherland, and R. Hamilton,
Consul passengers. From Halifax :• Mrs. Sanderson
and two children, Captain Hay, 62nd Regt., Mr. C.
C. Drury, RN., Mr. Desbusay, Mr. Chandler, Mr.
G. A. Parr, Rev. Air. Hanlon, Mr. B. O'Neil Mr.
R. B. Forbes, Mr. J. F. Brewer.

We, Carnbridye Independent, believe it is intended to
request either the Duke of Bedford or Lord John
Russell to accept the office of High Steward of the
borough of Cambridge, now vacant by the lamented
death of Lord Macaulay.

APPOINTMENT.-At the last General Quarter Sessions
for the county of Chester, Mr. J. Griffith, of Melville-
cottages, Birkenhead, was appointed by her Majesty's
justices gas inspector for the Hundred of Wirral, in-
cluding the township of Birkenhead.
.THE PA.RISH AccouNTs.—The auditing of the accounts
of the various parishes in the neighbourhood of Liverpool
took place yesterday morning: before Wm. Rees, auditor.
No objections have been raised to any of the accounts
presented. _

CHRISTMAS CHEER.—Families residing within five
miles of .Liverpool can be supplied with Burton mild
and bitter ales of the first brand, as also London stout,
in 41, 9, and 18 gallon casks, by , sending their orders,
or calling at T. Bolton's, family ale and porter merchant,
110, Duke-street.

ACCIDENTS, TEsTERDAT.--Joseph Daniels, sailor,
belonging to the ship Ocean Monarch, in the Iluskisson
dock, fell down the hold of that ship, and fractured his
thigh -=-James Donley, a labourer, residing in No. 7,
Derwin-street, fell down the hold of the ship Jacob A.
Westervelt, and sustained a severe dislocated elboW and
fractured arm.

THE LATE BOAT ACCIDENT ON THE MERSEY.—The
bodies of eight more of the men who perished by the,
late accident were found- on Saturday near the outside of
the Queen's-dock. Their names and residences are as
follow :—James Needham, 13 court, Albert-street,
Toxteth-park; George Woolham, 16 court, Watkinson-
street ; James Connoly, 6, Whitely-street; John Tinate,
Dolling-street, Park ; Thomas Brannon, 38, Peel-
street, Birkenhead ; James Walsh, 105, Ann-street,
Birkenhead ; Robert Jones, 2, Whitely-street ; Alex-
ander Johnstone, Pleasant-view, Kirkdale.

Livinpoon DISPENSARIES.—Number of patients
during the past week..l—New cases received advice and
medicine at the institution : North, 296 ; South, 118 ;
total, 441. New cases visited at their own houses and
supplied with medicine : North, 102 ; South, 85 ; total,
187. Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M., president ; Captain
Bourne, vice-president of North Dispensary ; Mr.
Charles Booth, vice-president of South Dispensary ; Mr.
Francis Mill, treasurer ; Mr. F. H. Langley, secretary.
Office, Leith-offides, Moorfields.
NEW PATENTS.—The following patents, amongst
others,' passed the Great Seal during the week ending
December 27th, 1859 :—Charles Wye Williams, for im-
provements in steam boilers. Robert Dick : Beeping
accounts current in printed form; for addressing cards,
circulars, papers, and periodicals of all kinds, with great
rapidity, by the aid of a Very simple machine, which is
a constituent part of this invention. J. M. J. Baillie :
A new process for tanning hides and skins, a communication
from M. A. Paulmier, of Paris. B. Standen : Improve-
ments in the deodorising and separation of kcal and
putrescent organic matters, in the preparation or manu-
facture therefrom of a portable arti9cial manure or fer-
tilising compound, and in apparatus to be employed in
such preparation or manufacture. W. E. Newton : Au
improvement applicable to salinometer cases for steam
boilers, a communication from J. Grice, of New York
City.—Communicated from the offices for procuring
patents, 4, Clayton-square, Liverpool.
BURIAL. BOARD —The monthly meeting of this board
was held yesterday at the Parish-offices, Brownlow-hill,
the members present being Messrs. J. R. Jeffery (in the
chair), Jackson, Thorneley, Corbally, and the Rev.
Rector Campbell.—A letter having been read from the
Economic Society, in reply to a proposal by the board
for an advance of £75,000 to the board, and asking to
be informed more clearly what the.board required, Mr.
Jeffery said it would be in the recollection of the mem-
bers. that the society had agreed to advance £75,000, and
referred the Natter to their solicitor, who, in an interview
with him (Ir. Jeffery) and the Law-Clerk, informed them -
that he had advised the board that they night safely
advance the money on the security offered. The interest
of the sum for forty years, together with the sinking fund,
would require payment by the parish of the sum
of £5,500 a-year. The interest on the money would
be continually decreasing, and it was thought this
would be an injustice to the present ratepayers. The
board had therefore asked the Economic Society if they
could not so arrange the payments as to make them fall
equally on the ratepayers during the whole period of
forty years. This scale had been agreed to, and the
ratepayers of the last year would have to pay the
same amount as the ratepayers of the first year.—
On the motion of Mr. Jackson the proceedings were
confirm- d. After a conversation as to the name which
should be Fiven to the new cemetery, during which the
name of " The Liverpool Cemetery, Anfield-park," was
mentioned, it 'was agreed to postpone decision till the
next meeting, that the public might leave an opportunity
of making suggestions -on the subject. This concluded
the business... _ _

MARKETS COMMITTEE.—AIderman Woodruff presided
at the usual fortnightly meeting of this committee, yes-
terday, and the other members present were Messrs.
Ridley, Nickson, Houghton, Barton, Kitchen; Haydock,
Rogers, Johnson, and Shimmin.—From the Ist of Sep-
tember to the 4th of January it appears that there had
been seized in the central district of Liverpool, by
Andrew Tyrrell,- one of the inspectors, no less than
47,584 lbs. of fish which was unfit for human food.
George Reade, an inspector had seized 24,025 lbs. of
bad meat, from the Ist of September until the 3rd of
January. In the north district, from the Ist of Sep-
tember until the 7th of January, Edwin Jones, meat
inspector, had seized 29,838 lbs. of unwholesome meat ;
and in the south district, from the Ist of September to
the 30th of December, 1,641 lbs. of bad meat had been
seized by Joseph Lloyd. Mr. Barton, and the Chair-
man expressed the satisfaction that they felt at the man-
ner in which the meat inspectors had fulfilled their
duties. The Surveyor was authorised to cover in one of
the outside avenues at the Fish Market, for the accom-
modation of the wholesale trade, at a cost of about
£2OO. The other business before the committee was of
a routine. character.

WATER COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting of this
committee was held yesterday, in the Council-chamber,
Town-hall. Dr. Hodson presided ; and there were
present, also—Messrs. Crellin, Farnworth, Earle,' Rae,
Wagstaff, Estill, and Woodruff. From the engineer's
report, it appeared that the increase in the depth of water
in, the various reservoirs, compared with the depth in the
preyiius week, was-1 inch at Rake ; 1 foot 61 inches at
Anglezark ; 1 foot 2 inches at R,ivington • 41 inches at
Prescot, No. 1 ; and 6 feet 1 inch at Prescot, No. 2.
There was no difference at Roddlesworth. The amount
of water received from Rivington during the week was
59,394,172 galls. ; pumped from the wells, 38,220,165
galls. ; making a total of 97,614,637 galls. The rainfall
during the past week was 1.15 inch; for the year 1859
46.84 inches, which, compared with the year 1858, was
an increase of 3.24 inches. In reply to Mr. Farnworth,
the Engineer said the whole 97 million gallons were,
supplied to the town, and the only way in which he
could account for this large quantity being consumed
was the great waste which arose from the leakage of
pipes, to repair which the mains had to be emptied.
An application for an increase of salary from Mr.
Trippett, collector of water rates, was referred to the
Works Committee. This was the whole of the public
business.

'YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—A meeting
in connection with this association' was held at the
society's rooms, Renshaw-street, at which there was a
large attendance of " the superintendents of Sunday
schools, the object of the meeting being to devise the
best means to make the association useful to Sunday
schools. This is the second meeting, and the chair was
occupied by the Rev. Mr. Bardsley. The matters dis-
cussed last evening were, the best time and place to hold
the quarterly meetings, and the suggestion that a train-
ing class should be established for Sunday school teacher?.
The latter suggestion was adopted, and it was resolved..
to hold the first quarterly meeting about the -Gth of
February, at Hope-hall. It had been suggested at the
previous meeting that the quarterly meetings should be
held at the school-rooms attached to-the various churches,
in rotation ; but this, it was explained, was found to be
impracticable, some of the r....h001s not'being adapted for
a tea meeting. The proceedings opened and closed with
prayer.
WAVERTREE BOARD OF HEALTH.—The usual
monthly meeting of this board was held last night at
the Public-offices, Waverfree. Mr. Parkin presided.
The other members present were Messrs. Gore, Ander-
ton, Pinnington, Cargill, Lewis, and Rishton. The
minutes of the previous meeting 'having been read and
some routine business transacted, the law-clerk said he
understood that a cutting for a branch of the, London
and North-western Railway would interfere with the
sewerage of the district. 'lt might be as well to submit
the matter to the borough engineer. On the motion of
Mr. Rishton it was agreed to refer the subject to Mr.
Newlands, and request him to report upon.it. A com-
munication was read from Major Bourne, stating that,
if he had encroached upon the public property by the
building of a wall in Paddy's-lane, he had done so in
ignorance, and would most willingly take down the wall
and rebuild it. The other business before the board was
unimportant,

HORRIBLE Sticinr.—On Saturday morning a man
named George Hann, fifty years of age, who resided in
Crescent-street, committed suicide by stabbing his throat
with a chisel.. The deceased was a cabinetmaker by
trade, and at the time he committed the act was in an
upper room of a warehouse in Lawton-street. An inquest
will be held to day. _ _

CORONkIeS COURT.—The following, among other,
cases were reported at this court yesterday :—Hugh
Bulger, a labourer living in 7 Court, Jordan-street, died
on Saturday morning, from the effects of injuries to his
head, occasioned by a fall into the hold,of a ship a few
days since.—James Hannon, a sailor on board the ship
Switzerland, who was hurt on Sunday, and died on the
evening of that day.—John Richardson, who was found
lying in Grenville-street, in a state of insensibility on
Saturday night. He was taken to the bridewell for
safety, and a surgeon was called, by whose orders the
-man was removed to the Southern Hospital, where he
died on Sunday night.
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The fortnightly meeting
of this society. was held, last night at the Royal Insti-
tution, Colquitt-street. Several interesting objects in
natural history were exhibited, among which was a stuffed
specimen of the white thighed Colobus CW01114)18, one
of the West African monkeys, with long sleek black
hair. whose skins have lately been very generally used
for ladies' muffs. Also a specimen of the electric fish,
alfalaperturits Bemnensis, first made known by Mr. -A.
Murray of Edinburgh. A curious mineral was exhi-
bited, which is said to be a compound of the silicate of
manganese, and silicate of iron. The secretary of the
society made some remarks upon the deviation of the
compass in iron ships, and stated that it had been re-
cently discovered that the maximum deviation would
occur when the ship was sailing at right angles to the
direction of the line in which she was built.. The
paper for the evening was then proceeded with. It
was upon the relative characteristics of wit, humour,
and genius. It proved both amusing and instructive.
,A vote of thanks to the author, Professor Robberds,
was cordially responded to, and the meeting separated.,
THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE LONDON AND NORTH
WESWILN AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANIES
AND THE liIIIRENIIEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE
JUNCTION RAILWAY COALTANY.—It will probably he in
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the recollection of oar readers that last session an act of
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Western and Great Western Companies, giving them
nnthde
of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction
Railway Company, the consent of the share-
holders of the three companies having been pre-
viously secured. The act in question went to giVe both
the companies running powers over the -Birkenhead
line, and also to secure connexion with Manchester, so
that when the Birkenhead Docks, would be open they
would be on equal terms with their great rival. The
London and North-Western Company were in hopes
that the new arrangements would have come into -force
on the first day of the present month ; but the Birken-
head line found themselves in an awkward dilemma, and
after numerous interviews between the three companies,
a meeting of the shareholders in the Birkenhead line
took place on Saturday, when it was ultimately agreed
to refer the whole matter to arbitration, and it is gene-
rally understood that this vexata questio will be referred
for decision to some of the high officials of the Board of
Trade.

MR. SAMUEL WARREN, Q.C., ON SOCIAL

PROGRESS.

On Saturday, upon the opening of the Sessions for
Hull, Mr. S. Warren, Q.C.; the Recorder, charged the
jury, and in doing so, said :—Again the dawn of a new
year is upon us, a mournful group assembled in this
sad hall for the administration of criminal justice : to
detect and punish such vice, as the law permits us to
deal with, under the name f crime. Not only do we
see the opening of a new year but also of a new decen-
nial period. How little could the most penetrating
sagacity have. foreseen in the opening of 1830 our con-
dition at the opening of 1860: and who at this moment
can even guess what will be our position at the opening
of 1870 ? The wisest and most experienced among us
may look never so closely and comprehensively at the
present aspect of things, and scan the causes, or ap-
parent causes, of social change now in operation—and
vet will own himself totally in the dark concerning that
future which is nevertheless at this moment open before
the eye of the Almighty. He requires us, in the mean-
time, to obey Him, by working while it is day, since the
night—our night—cometh, in which no man can work.
And do we think, gentlemen, that we acquit ourselves
in This sight, by simply exerting ourselves to deal justly
—whether severely or leniently—with the detected
offences of our erring fellow-creatures? We have a
national, ai well as an individual, future ; and let us be
thoroughly convinced, that our future, in both ca-
l.pacities, depends upon our conduct the neglect
or observance of our duties in both capacities—
exactly as effect depends upon cause. Gentlemen,
we are, as a nation, rapidly causing to disappear
these sources of anxiety which have long and reasonably
disquieted all reflecting persons ; I allude to that astound-
ing contentment with our insular security, which our
posterity will hardly believe when they read of, and
which has now disappeared before a sternly-awakened
sense of national spirit and duty, towards the glorious and
hallowed land we live in, and all the tender and noble
interests connected with it. Every hour sees us steadily
approaching a state of impregnable strength and inaccessi-
ble security. So to speak, half the battle is already won ;
and when once our old English spirit has been roused,
and enlightened by English good sense and intellect, the
whole battle will have been won ; and fear of invasion
will have melted into the dreamy recollections of a
doubtful and apprehensive past. But when we are thus
beginning to breathe freely—to realise -the belief that,
in the soothing and assuring language of our Church,
" That by Thee we, being defended froth the fear of our
enemies, may pass our time in jest and quietness "—let
us earnestly bethink Ourselves of our duties, and begin
to set our house in order. let us look our social con-
dition in the face"; let us see what causes for good, and
for evil are in operation, not overlooking the one, or
under-estimating or exaggerating the other; nor, above
all, neglecting the least opportunity of doing good in
our day and generation. Looking around us steadily and
soberly, I think we may do so hopefully, despite several
causes for anxiety, grief, and humiliation. While shocked by
the disclosures in our criminal coasts—in our Bankruptcy
land Insolvency Courts, and the revolting revelations of
the Divorce Court—and by cases every now and .then
occurring, of guilt and profligacy not amenable to our
criminal (of which we have very recently,
according to common report, had instances), but attract-
ing to them the abhorrence and loathing disgust of
society at large—let us with reverent thankfulness to
God acknowledge, that the heart of society in our country
is sound, even—to go no further—as testified by the
''extent and intensity of that loathing and abhorrence to
which I have alluded. Never, again, were works of piety
and charity done on so vast a scale; never did Chris-
tian munificence shine more resplendently, its profuse-
ness being almost equalled by its enlightened and syste-
matic discrimination. Its-influence is seen on every
side, and prevades all ranks and classes of society, not
'only directly relieving want, and succouring misery,
often with a lovely—a heavenly—secresy and unobtru-
siveness, but soothing inevitable distinctions, relaxing
the stringency ,of rightful demands, promoting the
health, comfort, and amusements of the humbler
sections of society, and setting limits to inordinate
and selfish exactions upon the labouring classes.
See how column after column of our daily news-
papers teems with importunate appeals to liberality,
and acknowledgments of the suttees of those ap-
peals, on behalf of religious and charitable societies
—of associations to reclaim the adult, and the youth-
ful offender—of those great moral features of our
time—Reforinatories and Ragged Schools ! When were
greater voluntary efforts made—nay, when were efforts
known comparable to these-now made, to diffuse educa:.
tion,—and above all, religious education ? Gentlemen,
I do not speak unadvisedly when I say all this, thus
cheeringly and openly ; we do not speak, as it were, in
the dark; for by means of unceasing parliamentary
inquiry, police returns, and the never-sleeping vigilance .
and scrutiny of the press, comparatively but little is
concealed from the eyes of one only moderately desirous
of becoming acquainted with our true social, moral,
religious, and political condition. To such an one,
-however' are disclosed not alone the agencies for good,
but also for evil ; not only the healthy, but the diseased
portions of society. And is the disclosure to be made in
vain? No. It should temper thankfulness for the
good, with anxiety on account of the evil, kindling in
the observer a sense of individual and heavy responsi-
bility in respect of opportunities divinely presented,
and means as-graciouily afforded tor good. Not only
should he endeavour to fulfil his mission—the mission
which every man has, whether he chose to neglect it or
not—by the active support, by purse, and personal exer-
tion, of all such inestimable institutions as I have been
•adverting to, but by the rectitude and spotlessness of

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his own conduct and character, in all the relations of
life—whether as master or servant—as trader, mer-
chant, or professional person—as gentle, or simple, of
exalted or humble station, of only moderate means, or
affluence. Gentlemen, let me impress upon you that
every one bears about with him, always and everywhere,
a great engine for good -or evil—his own example.
How can an unconscientious, _unscrupulous employer,
for example, exact strict probity from those whom he
employs; or, at least, how can he be surprised if
they attack himself, as they see him ever attacking
others, bitterly telling him, when detected, that they
were but following his example, and treading in his.
own defiling footsteps? Though this may not justify
them, will it not smite and silence him ? And does not
this hold good of all the relations in life ? So what a
lesson it teaches, of being circumspect on our own parts,
and forbearing towards others ! But, gentlemen, I must
bring these few observations to a close. I make them
in a grave and earnest spirit, sincerely desiring to do
good, though by never so faint a suggestion, conveyed
however imperfectly. These recurring periods of time
—annual and decennial—not only justify, but provoke
reflections on the past, and grave solicitude for. the
fut.:re-L.-an individual and national past, an individual
and national future ; on the part we ourselves have
playedi or are about to play—the duties we have
neglected, and those we are resolved for the future •to
discharga, while we have the power.

PERUVIAN GUANO.—The last returns of the Peruvian
Government show that upwards of 560,000. tons of
guano were uxsold in the hands of their agents.
THE DANGERS OF RIFLE SHOOTING.—A letter ap-
pears in the Morning Post on this subject. The writer
says :—" Once, • during my service in the Victoria-
Rifles, when we were at target practice, the rifle of
the man on my right exploded as he was bringing
it to the shoulder, and the ball grazed his head,
and I need not say what might have happened either
to himself or to the man on his own right had he-
not brought up his rifle in a proper manner. At an-
other time, a ball aimed at a crow lodged itself com-
fortably in a lump of bacon in a basket on the arm of a
woman returning, a mile distant, from market with her
supplies for the week. Let me now parade an indis-
cretion of my own. In the autumn of 1854 I was at
'Holyhead practising with my rifle at birds on a rock at
if
fhpebp ye:raes to regard long range, but one shot was at 150 yards. Three hours
after that shot I was surprised and distressed to hear-
that a sailor had been wounded by it in the foot. This
ball had, as appeared, ricochetted along the water half a
mile from my position. The unfortunate man, who was
ba at
iltasspt ,0
spoken,
compensated as proposed by the magistrate, was in the
act of stooping,, so that I nearly killed him."
WELLINGTON AND THE FRENCH MARAHALS.—The
duke was in the habit, when in Paris, of attending the
,levees of the King of France ; and from being, par
excellence, the honoured guest on all such occasions, he
found himself suddenly treated with neglect. One
marshal after another drew lack when he approached,
or returned his greetings with studied coldness ; and
ihmearol lna afeeliki
strongne
commonfr ee fro consent,t this
the common herolynt
away from him. The King—though, to his shame
measure, and, approaching the Duke, expressed his
of the hour—appeared
regret that his marshals should so conduct themselves.
"Never mind, sire," was the duke's ready answer " your
Majesty need not distress yourself; it is not the first
time they have turned their backs on me." A witty
people like the French can relish a joke, even if it be
directed against themselves ; and the saying having got
abroad, it produced an immediate effect upon those to
whom it related. There might be little increase in cor-
diality ; but, at all events, there was no more turning of
their hacks by the marshals on the Duke of Wellington
—either at the levees or anywhere else.—Briabnont'S
Life of the. Duke of Wellington.
'TREADING HEAVILY ON PEOPLES' CORNS.—A threat-.
ening letter writer of a very original species appeared
at the bar of the Correctional Tribunsal this week. He
was a ladies' shoemaker, named Mathieu, who, being
hard-up for money, conceived the idea of writing his
memoirs, together with, to use his own expression,
" the biography of the feet" of all his customers. He
sent a circular, together with- a proof sheet, to every
one of them, politely stating, that any lady who might
wish her name not to appear in his book must be good
enough to remit him the sum of 15f. The following
specimens of the biography were read in court :
"Madame A—lives Rue—, No. —, first floor; married
in 1844,,three children ; pays badly ; feet very difficult
to fit, instep too flat, two corns and three bunions ;
walks awkwardly, and wears her shoes out in the
inside very fast. Madame B—, Rue—, No.--L, two
pair back ; still an old maid ; borrows children to
take with her into the Tuileries Garden ; pays her -
bills, but makes a hard bargain ; feet spreading,
toes crowding one over the other ; two corns and a
bunion. Madame B—, Rue—, No.—, fifth floor; for-
merly kept a cock lop ; has two sons, privates in the
army of Africa ; two unmarried daughters; gives her
children nothing, and never pays until served with a
writ; feet flat, large and fatty, and very apt to burst the
leathers ; a great many corns and bunions all mixed up
together." Several of the ladies applied to were weak
enough to pay the 15f., but others complained to the
police, and the literary shoemaker has been condemned,
for escroquerie, to a month's imprisonment—assuredly a
lighter sentence than he deserves.—Letter from Paris.
THE Tuar IN AUSTRALIA.—The sporting world of
Victoria has lately furnished some food for public dis-
cussion. In all our colonies, and particularly in Victoria,
z' horse-racino is pursued with great ardour; but, unfor-
' tunately, itis almost wholly in the hands of people who
make hale breeding dealing, and racing their trade.
Racing is certainly, in much lower hands, both abso-
lutely and in relation to the average social position
of the people, than it is in England or even Ire-
land. -The intensity of our sporting propensities may be
measured by the fact that, although our whole population
scarcely exceeds half a million, it supports its Bell's Life
in Victoria—England can do no more. Colonel Rob-
bins, who has been for some time residing here as
agent for the Indian government in the selection of
cavalry horses, thus expressed himself at a recent
meeting of the Turf Club on the sporting morality
of our turf men :—" He thought that for twenty-one
years he had been on the Indian turf. . . .- He
had been only running his horses two years on the
Victoria turf, and at every meeting, with the excep-
tion, perhaps, of the Turf Club meetings there had been
some cross' or other. (Hero the gallant gentleman
used a strong expletive.) H' e would find out where the
'crosses' were if he remained in the colony. No hone t
man got a chance, and he himself had been told numbe:s
of times Don't do it, Robbins, for you'll never win'
He challenged no one ; but he would never run a race
again, for he knew very well he would never be allowed
to win. (A laugh.) Whether it was the jockeys or the
owners who did these things he did not know, but this Le
knew—he could never win."—Litter from Melbourne.