The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-23 00:00:00

VARIETIES.

What age is the most deceiving P—The sausage.
WANTED.—An artist to draw a badger ; also a few ac-
tive hands to collect the days as they break; persons of a
mournful disposition will be preferred.
A man whom Dr. Johnson once reproved for following a
useless and demoralising business, said in excuse, "You
know, doctor, that I must live." The brave old hater of
everything mean coolly replied, "I cannot see the least
necessity for that:;

To act with common sense according to the moment is
the best wisdom I know, and th© best philosophy to do one's
duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to
one's lot, bless the goodness that has given us so much
happiness with it, whatever it is, and despise affectation.—
Horace Walpole.

It is said that General Forey, without being pre-
cisely commissioned. to supersede the French envoy in
Mexico, M. de Saligny, is armed with diplomatic powers
which will enable him to dictate to the civil ambassador.
Admiral Julien de la Graviere, now in Paris, will, it is
said, go out again in command of the expeditionary fleet

against Mexico.
SINGLE SHAFTS 1N COAL MINES.—The Govern-
ment Bill laid before the House of Commons on MOnday
proposes to enact that, after the passing of the bill (except
in merely searching for minerals), it shall not be lawful for
the owner of a new mine, or old mine the working of which
shall be begun afresh, and after 1864, it shall not be lawful
for the owner of an existing mine, to work the same with-
out two shafts or outlets, separated by natural strata of not
less than 10 feet, and affording distinct means of egress.
Any special claim for exemption is to be referred to arbi-
tration.

The annual fish dinner to the Fox Club will take
place on Saturday, the 28th instant, at the Trafalgar,

Greenwich.

BRIGHTON TESTIMONIAL TO LORD RANELAGH.—
A large and influential meeting was held at the Brighton
Town Hall, on Thursday night, at which Mr. Alderman
Burrows presided, for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion awl determining on the best means of applying the
amount already subscribed in Brighten, and that which
may be hereafter contributed, to the contemplated testimo-
nial to Viscount Ranelagh. The chairman explained the
object of the meeting, which was to pay a compliment to
Lord Ranelagh for his conduct in relation to the volunteer
sham fight held on Brighton Downs, in 1861 and 1862, and
Mr.
mitteettitn l
in
hrt.eof Stanford having put the first resolution, namely, "That
inion of the meeting it was advisable that a com-
should be formed to consider the proper steps to be
taken
innorrrey fereneeto the subject under consideration." Cap-
his lordship in seconded the motion. This gentleman alluded
in forcible terms to the zealous and distinguished services of
ghctoounnexion with the volunteer cause, and as a
native of Bri
argued ,ta
that a testimonial worthy of the oc-
casion kin
should be pr
g great interest in the local affairs
of the town, he
that a sword
iof honeosuernted to his lordabip, and suggested
sent Ca vifuotueldd be the proper thing to pre-
. ptan Merry pointed out to the meeting that so
long ago as 1845 Lord Ranelagh had written a pamphlet en-
titled " Observations'on the
state of our National
present
that a volunteer
Defences ;" in which his lordshippresn
Downsergedd to Lord Ranelagh's'
force should be formed. He also al
d as the scene for
t
foresight in selecting the Brighton
em
the sham fights, and amidst the cheers of
ap-
pealed to the gentlemen present 0 do their utmost
meeting,
out the object under consideration. The resolution
to carry
passed unanimously, and several other appropriatnre speeches
having having been made, a vote of thanks aas carried to the
chairman, and the meeting adjourned.
A FEMALE CAPTAIN OF BANDITS.__A letter
from Madrid, in the Debotts, says:—"A woman known as
the She Wolf' has been the terror of Gallicia and the
neighbouring provinces for the last 20 years. Always on
horseback, and followed by a small number of bandits, she
was at the head of all the robberies and murders committed
in that part of Spain. Woe to the travellers and muleteers
who crossed her path ? Any attempt at resistance was sure
to be punished by death, which was often accompanied by
the most atrocious tortures. Josepha Perez, as the woman
was named, committed the most revolting acts of ferocity
on her victims. Often she has had to defend herself against
armed forces, and the advantage has always been on her
side until now, when the Mayor of San 'Jacob° de Comphs.
tells, who was in search of a criminal, discovered the cave
which served as a place of concealment to the She Wolf,'
and in which she was arrested with one of her accomplices."