The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-17 00:00:00

ANGLOPHOBIA. AT PAU.

AnglrphObia is still on the increase here, writes a
correspondent at Pau. It is very painful to behold, anp
it takes every shape. Here is a ridiculous example of it.
An English friend of mine, who is on a visit here to some
Frencn relations of hers, wishing to make herself useful,
offered to give lessons in English to the small children of
the family. Her offer was repeatedly declined. The
good soul has only just found out to her amaze-
ment that political hate was at the bottom of the refusal,
and that her enlightened relatives could not bring them-
selves to allow their children to learn " for the present "
the language of such perfidious neighbours. It should be
added that the family in question has in nol manner been
touched by the war—they act on "public grounds."—Pall
Mall Gazette.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND FIELDS.
The latest accounts received from the Cape state that
the rush to the South African diamond fields continues.
Diamonds continued being found at the diggings, but
no further discoveries of very large gems were
reported. Numerous diggers were arriving from
England and America, en route for the diamond-fields,
but many were ill-suited for the labours they were about
to undertake. Some anxiety was being felt by the
colonists that this influx of strangers would be overdone.
The Standard and Ma ea
il says :—The thoughtful in this
colony are much griev at the extraordidary exertions
made to induce emigrants to come here by describing in
-too bright colours the diamond fields. It is feared the
result will be that a large number of the emigrants will
be brought out quite unprepared for the life they will
have to lead, and disappointments which must
occur to the majority in diamond-finding. In-
stances of fortune-malting are very exceptional,
the work is said to be frightful, and the life worse than a
convict's. To work steadily at the diggings for six months
or a year is pretty certain to do more than pay expenses
if it does not make a fortune, but the outlay is consider-
able, and the tales that reach England that £5 or £lO
is sufficient for an emigrant on his arrival at the
Cape are as absurd as their deception is cruel. The letter
from the Dean of Grahamstown to the Times is declared
in the colony to be so highly coloured as to be likely to
lead astray.

Mr. Thomas Dugdale, of Blackburn, succeeds Mr,
George Wilson as chairman of the Lancashire and York-
shire Railway Company.

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A man in Ohio, while a collection was being taken
to aid the heathen, pocketed all the money in the plate.
When asked to explain his conduct, he replied that he was
the greatest heathen in that part of the country.

The Chilint Chamber of Deputies have granted an
annual subsidy of $20,000 to the West India and Panama
Telegraph Company for layinga submarine cable from Callao
to a Peruvian port connected with Europe, also an annual
subsidy to the contractors of Transandine TelegraPhS.
filPA.—ln a valley near the frontiers of Prussia, lies,
halthidden by foliage and hills, one of the prettiest little towns
on the Continent; and although it only boasts 'of Selma tiro
thousand inhabitants, it is the gem of Belgium, and the fahlfoli-
able resort of its notabilities; and' hot otthein only, for when
the season is at its height, titled and distinguished visitors
crowd every avenue and every rendezvous. Not only Princes of
petty States, ex-Potentates, or the Counts and Barons which
crop up so plentifully on a foreign soil, but the men of mark in
society ; the statesmen, warriors, and leaders of their respec-
tive countries. The great men of Great Britain are amongst the
number, for they gladly brace up their faculties and re-invigorate
their systems at this health-restoring spot, after the fatigues of
tet eentt still—strongly
the waters too
nauseous are 'glad to m
Coiirfs, Parliaments, and Sessions. The roulette-table has its
Votaries, lint the waters
aapr4e
tmhoosree
wohmonieps on
initiegttatea with iron, that needful auxiliary in renovating
'th th t cl li •
'4 table liqueur,
moo, e cious substitute—the
Elixir do Spa."
enfeepled c.:Onsfitutions.
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possesses a delicate 'perfume and 'exquisite flaveur, and being
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distilled from the flowers and plants of the dfstiict, i§ at the
same time greatly prized for its tonic, digestive and gelitlY
stimulating qualities. The manufacture of this liqueur forms
the chief part of the staple trade of Spa, which may be said to
consist of the important Distillery of Messrs. Schaltin, Pierry,
awl Cie the inventors of the Elixir de Spa, and the manufac-
turer4-df Griiarnents in the pretty Spa wood. A " petit verre"
of the Elixir dis "Sp; is the favourite prelude in Belgium to a
"dejetiner ri la fourchidta,," in order to give zest to the appetite,
for which purpose it is equal lii officiol% to the nauseous
absinthe ; and the burly Flemish burg° aster's admirable
dinners are usually capped with a wee glass of this invigorating
native cordial, which is universally pronounced to be the best of
Table Liqueurs. It may be obtained through your wine mer-
chant.—Wholesale Depdt —SCOTT BROTHERS, 8, Duke-street,
Adelphi, London. -