The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-09 00:00:00

A Ladlefull of "Punch,"

THE BEST FRUIT FOR PRESERVING LOVE,--Rabe was
talking glowingly about "love-apples." " That's strange!"
exclaimed Charlie, her accepted lover. " Why should
love' bo associated with apples F' On the contrary, I
thought that love always went iu pairs." Kate funned
approvingly.
T 3113 LAND OF LlBERTY.—lnstead of Habeas Corpus in
the United States, which has been suspended, it is now, in
the case of the prisoner who has been arbitrarily arrested,
Abe who has corpus.

SO3IETHING FOR THE ANTIQUARIES.—Mrs. Fondlechick
was much amused the other day by reading in a paper that
a medal had been found at Oswestry, bearing' the legend
"Augustus Imp." " Bless me," she said, " that's what I
say to cry troublesome little Gassy twenty times a day.
Well it shows that Greek mothers had their troubles, like
us." Her husband, who collects Queen Anne farthings,
rushed out of the room.

BANE-NOTES ♦ND QUERIES.—What is the meaning of
"a Cool Thousand ?"—Allusion is made in this phrase to
the thousands that are kept cool in the Bank cellars.

SHIPPING—This Day,

LONDON, Oct. 9.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with
rain.

PLYMOUTH, Oct. B,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cato, from
Dalhousie for Newcastle; Woodbine, from London for
Moulmein.

QuEENsTowti, Oct. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Edward
Ilawkins, screw steamer, from Matamoras. Sailed.—Ale-
verge, steamer, for Quebec.
KINGROAD, Oct. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Elizabeth
Hamilton, from New York.
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. S.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—ltuben4
for New York.
CARDIFF, Oct. S.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Derwenit•
from Montreal; Mary, from Garrucha. Sailed—Nljrtb
for St. Thomas per
FALMOUTH,. Oct. S.—Wind S.N.—Arrived---G
O'Grundy, from Jersey.

-WHY MEAT IS DEAL—We have all heard in.
cidentally of a fatal disease among
511i:on:al
itcya ttthloe:
but few will be prepared for the enormorhome beastn. I\l7.
has been going on for years, decidateplier6rot:ftoiheressottuohrtaanlble:e7Bf4
t, 0 1 S
I,iB„6:ing this trernenadviZ
Gamgee tells us that in the y9o3:Br,ie.
perished of diseame, and
0:
:ay rio lo: dfl the
io r tariff,corn
ana
horned cattle, worth £3,805,
edainndg.
which Wast Which gave Sir
that during the six years
2,255,000, valued at £25,934,65:;hi5k we need not complain
mortality into conasipdeournaytio;
at having to pay
Promises of we used to do. The redact:
o e t have
cattle, e , 1 madelhaan
R. Peel such undying/a:le
England the market °
• iled to fulfil the
the latter item, a
respect towratuch as we imported as far as the consumers
are concerned,
inasmuch
hitherto putted What wa did not
free-
tradersun fort
iant erl ye s
p totally
bargain for—
a has actually unknown to our stock-
breeders,
beasts
ras d four times as many
b
havebbeen imported into 0 till.
ese islands,— Once a
Week.
cowDEN CLARRE'S r, Ap st,
which
,-,STROPHE TO SHA is:-
sptßE's AUTOLYCUSI---." Thou of '
rince q ail:ll6llsec
e ni
rogues—thou type of all th '
mble-pfing,red race r Master
.kutolycus I that rogue of rogues I that arch-rogue I that
knave of knaves I in.
that •
exhaustible wag of a pedlar I that
scampering
rip
of a
wayfaring huckster : With what a
light hang he di
`poses 1 'poses of momentous considerations. How
g r he relates that ' having flown over m
knavish professions, he settled down in
rogue.'Ha
hasany
a
positive and unmitigated contempt for right and justice, as
being,_ indeed, but poor and very shallow affairs --and dull.
Laughing he shouts, ' What a fool Honesty is 1 and Trust,
his Sworn brother, a very simple gentleman.' He plumes
himself upon his high-bred rascality in a strain of devout
thankfulness, as he contemplates the simpleton-innocence
of the two shepherds:—' How blest are we that are not
simple men I yet Nature might have made me as these are;
therefore I'll not disdain I' I am glad thou Is ast not
hanged, my Autolycus I"
THE ROYAL MARINE CORPS being abont 1,000
short of 18,000 men, the number voted last rar,rle.nerconse-
quence of dismissals and various casualties,
districts,
parties have been sent out to Lincoln and other