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INDIA.

ILLNESS OF LORD ELGIN.

The following telegram from the Bombay Govern-
ment has been received by the Secretary of State
for India, dated November 15 ;
" The following message to your address, dated
Nov. 13, has been received from Sir R. Napier,
from Calcutta

" Lord Elgin has become so dangerously ill that
he has thought it necessary to communicate with
Sir Wm. Denison, and a steamer is in readiness to
proceed to Madras, if necessary.'
" Colonel Norman telegraphs as follows from
Meean Meer, Nov. 12
" In an affair on the frontier, on the 9th inst.,
we had about 60 men killed and wounded, includ-
ing Major Harding, 2d Sikh Infantry; Lieutenant
Murray, 71st Highlanders ; and Lieutenant Doug-
las, doing duty with the 71st Highlanders, who
were all killed; Lieutenant Oliphant, sth Goor-
khas, and Lieutenant Battye,G aide Corps, wounded.
The Commander in Chief reached Lahore this

evening.'
"Funds at Bombay—Fours, at 6 discount;
Fives, at 31- premium; Five-and-a-Half, at 13

premium.

"The last accounts of Lord Elgin were up to
4 p.m. of November 14; he was daily becoming
weaker."

Flooding of (Books about) the Nile.

It is easy to see how a Nile tourist falls into the
melancholy condition of becoming a Nile author.
Probably when he leaves Cairo, encumbered with
the normal blank journal, and the normal quires of
thin letter-paper in the normal writing-case, he has
no sort of definite intention of boring anybody but
himself with the facts to be entered in his diary, or
any one beyond his half-dozen familiar correspon-
dents with the observations and speculations to be
contained in his letters. He has repelled the sug-
gestion of polite friends—" Of course you'll write a
book about it"—with a negative smile of perfect
sincerity, really believing himself too sensible to
undertake such an act of supererogatory weakness.
He intends honestly to enjoy his three or
four months of lotus-eating, without aspiring to
leave any record of them which an absorbed audience
shall not willingly let die. He begins to keep his
journal as a manly duty to himself, and to scribble
his letters for the innocent gratification of a narrow
home circle. Unhappily, through pressure of time
while fitting out his boat for the voyage, he has
requested his first friend, A., just to send on the first
letter, containing his little description of the streets of
Valetta or the bazaars of Cairo, to his next friend, 8.,
to spare the trouble of saying the same thing twice
over. The next friend has, and uses, a discretionary
power of passing the letter on to a third, and so forth.
By the time the second despatch from Egypt arrives,
a whole alphabetical series of kindly critics is fairly
established, who, for want of anything better to do,
will always be very glad to hear how far the
writer of such a lively letter has gone up the river.
Before the traveller has reached Thebes, a packet
of home correspondence, forwarded only too quickly
through the courteous British consul, assures him of
the great pleasure and valuable information his letter
has given the whole circle of his friends at home.
The slow poison of habitual circular writing spreads
gradually over the whole descriptive correspondence
of the unhappy man, and imperceptibly developes
the fatal idea that the critical public will but be a
larger circle of sympathetic friends. He warms
towards his very journal, treating it no longer as a
mere repository of daily facts, but more and more
as a vehicle for desultory sentiment or speculative
rhapsody. Naturally he falls in with one or two
little adventures rather different from those which
have befallen any of the other tourists of the year,
or believes that he does so. His dragoman Alee
or Muhammad is found to possess a peculiarly
amusing individuality of character or demeanour,
distinguishing him from all his brother Muhammads
and Alees, and capable of being touched off with
great spirit, through the record of a few conversa-
tions in the Egyptian idiom of the English language.
And so the mischief is done, and sooner or later the
poor tourist finds himself committed to the task of
adding his own driblet to the ever-deepening stream
of shallow works upon the Nile. The memory of
a bright and sunny winter of leisurely enjoyment,
which might have endured for years as an unalloyed
satisfaction in the retrospect, is rendered turbid and
distorted by the necessity of arranging facts and anec-
dotes,pointing and exaggerating for the Englishamraanr-
.
mar-
ket the touches of local colour and individuaelchder
the
ter which seem most lively to tell well and render
volumetitle.
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so attractive
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it accordingly. B
greater number of Nilo scribblers, male and female,
drift into a needless expense of paper and printers'
ink in this blind sort of way. It is in a simple
spirit of kindliness that we put forward these re-
marks at the commencement of the Nile season,
with the hope that they may be read, and their truth
laid to heart, by at least a few of the unthinking
mortals who, but for some such good advice, might,
be drawn into swelling the unreadable volumes of
the next year's Nile fluod.—,Saturday Review.

A Lin OF Pius VB., by a Roman Prelate, is
auuouneell as about to be published speedily,

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 27.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess
Royal) and Princess Louise, walked and drove in
the grounds this morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
the Crown Prince of Prussia, and the Duke de
Chartres, went out hunting with the harriers,
attended by Major-General Hon. A. Hood, Major
Teesdale, and Major Schweinitz.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Chartres and the Eail of Carlisle arrived at the
Castle yesterday.
The Earl of Carlisle had an audience of the
Queen.
The dinner party yesterday included their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the
Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, Princess
Helena, the Duke and Duchess of Chartres, the
Earl of Carlisle, Lady Mary Hood, Lady Carolina
Barrington, Colonel Hon. Sir C. Phipps, Dr. Raiz'
mann, and the ladies and gentlemen in attendance.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

WINDSOR, Nov. 27.

It is expected that their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales will leave the Castle
for Frogmore House either to-day or within the nest
few days. It is understood that their :oyal high-
nesses will spend Christmas at Frogmore, and reside
there till February.
The Prince of Wales's harriers met yesterday at
Mr. Trumper's, Lake End, near DJrney. The meet
included the Prince of Wales, the Crown Prince of
Prussia, the Duke of Chartres, and a large field of
the aristocracy and residents of the neighbourhood'

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales was
also present in one of the royal carriages. The
sport was excellent and the scent good, the running
occupying about two hours, to the evident enjoy'
ment of the royal sportsmen.

The birthday of her Royal Highness the Prin-
cess Mary of Cambridge was celebrated with the customary
rejoicings at Kew last evening. The princess completed
her 30th year yesterday.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale will spend several days next week with the
Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House/
Herts. A distinguished party is invited to meet their
royal highnesses.
Ihe Earl and Countess of Derby have entertained
a distinguished party at Knowsley Park, near Prescot,
during the week. The visitors have included the Marquis
and Marchioness of Bath, the Marchioness (Maria) of
Ailesbury, the Earl of Malmesbury, Viscount and Vis-
countess Newport, Viscount and Viscountess Grey de
Wilton, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, and Lord Claud
Hamilton. The gentlemen of the party have had excel-
lent shooting, for which the weather has been remarkably
fine.

The Earl of Carlisle arrived at Stafford House,
St. James's, on Thursday, from Castle Howard, Yorkshire,
on a visit to the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland.
The Earl and Countess Delawarr arrived in town
yesterday from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of
Salisbury.

The Earl of Abingdon has arrived in town from
Wytham Abbey, near Abingdon.
The Countess (Dowager) of Lichfield will join
Lady Ward's party at Himley Hall, Staffordshire, which 10
about to meet for the marriage of Major the Hon. Augustus
H. Anson, V.C., and Miss Claughton, niece of the Earl of
Dudley. The ceremony is appointed to take place atld-
derminster on the 12th proximo.
The Baron and Baroness Waldenorff and family
have arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, on their waY
to Paris.
Lady Sarah Hay Williams and family have left
Grosvenor-street on a Continental tour.
Lord Broughton, who returned to Tidworth
Park, Hants, on Wednesday last, is about to receive a suc-
cession of guests at his country seat.
Lord Stanley, M.P., has joined the party as'
sembled at Highclere Castle, near Newbury, on a visit to
the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon.
HISTORY OF THE PIECE OF THE TRUE CROSS
brought from the Crusades by Lewis IX., and
which disappeared from the Sainte Chapelle at the time of
the French Revolution : —lt was found, says J. Pb.
Berjeau, in his " Geschiedenia van het heylighe Cruys ;
or, History of the Holy Cross," as quoted in the Saturday
Review— two or three years ago in the possession of 5
country lass in the neighbourhood of Dijon, who was ill
the habit of cutting chips from it withaer knife, for distri-
bution among her friends. A pious curate took the relic'
from her hands, and carried it to the Bishop of Dijon, wh.°
deposited it in the treasury of the cathedral, where it
5
now to bo seen.
lac. of
THE MORFA COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—IteA-4! „
men are still at work in clearing the falls, but no bodies
been recovered since the adjourned inquest. The falls 1 t
the west level have been found unusually heavy, and grey
care has to be taken in clearing the rubbish, as the top often
falls after its removal.
NOSCITUR A Sociis.—A correspondent of the
Queen naively remarks—" Every man I meet speaks of his
Hears, whether he has ideas or not ; if I go to church, 5
venerable and estimable dem man discourses to me on the,
Lawr of Tehovahr ; and people talk familiarly enough of
laying abed.
'WORLD'S
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS AT VIE
END.—The Hon. Ashley Eden will shortly start on
his mission to Bhotan, accompanied by Dr. B. Simpson, the
best of our amateur photographers, with a retinue of 100
Sikh sappers and miners. The last mission to this most
barbarous part of Asia was under Captain Pemberton, in
1838. The present mission will proceed from Darjeeling,
to demand reparation for the incessant attacks on our fron-
tier, and security for the future. Bhotan is an Indo-Chinese
State, nominally a feudatory of Pekin. It stretches over
230 miles of the Himalayas, as far as Assam, and has an
area of 19,000 square miles of fertile valley and snow/
ridge rising to 25,000 feet, and said to abound in copper'
and to be suitable for the cultivation of tea. The Booteane
are very degraded—all the vices from filth of body to Pell-
andry prevailing. The Dell Rajah, a spiritual ruler, lige
the Mikado of Japan, is generally a boy kept as a State Pri-
soner, and the Dhurm R.,jah, like the Tycoon, is elected Or
the three most powerful Pillas or governors, and seldoln
allowed to hold office for more than three years. Mr. Veil
will go to Tassisuden, the cold weather " capital" of the
State.
WARNING TO SCOTCH SETTLERS IN IRELAND.
—A most disgraceful and diabolical outrage
on Saturday night last perpetrated upon a Scotch tenant
farmer, near Tullamore, in King's County. The cireure-
stances are these :—Mr. Richardson. who was at one dole
a farmer, near Perth, became tenant some years ago e't.
farm in the county mentioned, in the mistaken belief that
the small rent of land and cost of labour in Ireland would
compensate in some degree for the heavier rent he was Per
ing in Perthshire. His brother, Mr George Richardsonn,.
who was also a farmer in Perthshire, lately gave up
farm there, and proceeded last week to join his brother "
the occupation of the farm in Ireland. Upen. Saturday
evening last, to inaugurate their coming among the people.
and their entry upon a now house which had been built for
them, they gave a supper to the labourers upon the farm.
About half-past 9, after the workmen had gone, Mr George
happened to go out, and returned a few minutes afterwards,
saying that there were 15 men walking about the door'
John went out and asked what they wanted. " Nothing'
rushed intere the te huse, flingg
p theta,ar t i u
thela r, "ewt
haesrr
u oo
the replyau While he was talking to two of
sm where
were. It was immediately seen that they were armed witi
z owomenho and child re in
open the door of the n
guns
George what they wanted'
whichby had, however, been Pre:
They ordered every one in the house t°
ghans,ked
sit and pistols.
they demanded
and on
the beingviously lent to a neighbour. Seeing, however, that danger
was to be apprehended, John said to two of them that, hi-
f
they would go away, he would give them the pistols whi°-
were in his house. Two of the men accompanied hie' tc:.
his house, which is only a few yards distant from the nel'.
one. Upon entering the kitchen, followed by the men, °-
of them struck him on the back part of his head. Ile wag
not felled to the ground by the blow, but slid down by ern
side of a press. They then told Mr Richardson to to
x;
away his face, but he replied that he would look at 11'6
saseins
as
lung as he had life. One of the blackguards thc;
said to his companions, "Put out the candle." II- sra
was then fired, which, however, most fortunately
Mr Richardson, the ball entering the press door innoTiof
ately above where he was lying. The fellows, in the be
that he was dead, deliberately entered another room ee;
took possession of bottles containing whisky, and
calling upon their companions in the other house, decal-14'1;o
The police were Soon upon the ground, and every e2'e3tors
is being made by the authorities to hung the pull!'" „ill.
to punishment—but it may be death to any one Wh
give evidence which may lead to conviction. Not safu"'
• fed, the
by the cowardly outrage which they had commit
e__
same parry proceeded to the house of Mr. Wilson,
herd (another Scut chman), struck him severely, and for
off his pistols. There is no obvious way of accountl,e,
130
either of these outrages. Mr. Richardson has deptoo,",i,
man of his land, but has carried on the operritions.
farm upon the Scotch system of tillage, by which
to hi 9
given increased employment to the people, nateh h
own lose,—As'co.iB97ivi. •