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152,009,324 9 10

hequer on the stl
to Redemption of
in the Exchequer

h day of April, 1845 ; the Amount of Money raised by the Additions to the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the Year
E. the Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and Repayments on Account of Local
on the sth day of April, 1846.

X U. d. £ so d. ' £ s. d. A a. d. £ s. d.
BALANCES in the EXCHEQUER on the sth day of April, 1845
MONEY RAISED IN THE YEAR ENDING THE STH DAY OF APRIL, 1846, BY To the Commissioners for the reduction of the National
Debt, to be applied to the redemption of the Public
THE CREATION OF FUNDED OR UNFUNDED DEBT. Debt :
Exchequer-bills 9,379,6001., per Act 8 Victoria, c. 23, charged on
Supplies
By interests on donations and bequests 9,437 2 3
Exchequer-bills, 9,379,6001., charged on Supplies, per Act 8 Victoria,,
c. 23 '
Deduct sum applied not in redemption of Funded
Exchequer-bills, 9,024,9001., per Act 8 Victoria, c. 129, charged one Debt, but of Consolidated Fund Deficiency Bills 2,480,000 0 0
Supplies
-- 18,301,500 0 0
Exchequer-bills for Public Works.—Great Britain (charged on Conso- To the Paymasters of Exchequer-bills for payment of
lidated Fund), per Act 3 Victoria, c. 10 - ••• ••• 4,000 0 0 Unfunded Debt :
Exchequer-bills, West India Relief Bills, per Act 6 :and 7 Victoria, c. 87 60,000 0 0 Money out of the Consolidated Fund for payment
of Public Works, West India Relief, and Shan-
Exchequer•bills, West India Relief Bills, per Act 2 :and 3 William IV., non Bills i 168,000 0 0
c. 125 . 2,700 0 0 •
62,700 0 0 Money out of Ways and Means, Grants for pay-
Total amount of Repayments for Local Works, Btc., under various Acts
of Parliament
Exchequer-bills for payment of Supply Bills
Total amount of Advances for Local Works, &c.., under various Acts j— 18,493,800 0 0
of Parliament
Balances in the Exchequer on the sth day of April,
Excess of Income over Expenditure - ••• ••• ••• ••• 2,380,599 17 7 1846 6,507,463 4 9,i
• • ..•
27,137,160 19 24 27,137,160 19 21
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EDW. CAIIDWELL.

Whitehall Treasury Chambers, April 17, 1846.

TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.

An address has been widely disseminated amongst the
working classes, calling on them to preserve their rights,
and this bears the signature of Thomas S. Duncombe,
M.P., President.
In fact, although the master builders in Lancashire
and other places are the first to feel the effects of the
trades' unions, it is evident that a wide-spread
organisation exists throughout the country, and if
the master trademen in this locality shrink from the
struggle, the demands of the millions will spread like
wild fire throughout the land, and general confusion
will be the result; or otherwise the price of labour must
be so much advanced that the effects will soon be appa-
rent in railway calls, and monetary difficulties will
ensue.

by another party of everything but his shirt and trousers,
and was glad to escape with his life. lie had returned
to the vessel, telling the officers that he thought I was
murdered, and they immediately sent an armed boat's
crew in search of me. I wanted the captain to give
me another boat with armed men, and I would go
and burn the village ; but he said he could not
take so much upon himself. At the time of the
war such a thing might be done, and fre-
quently was for less cause. He tells me he
will report it to the admiral, who will most probably
take notice of it through the Chinese authorities. You
may depend upon it the Chinese will pay dearly yet for
the way they have been going on lately. Since this
occurred, I heard of several Europeans having been mal-
treated quite as ill and worse than me in this neighbour-
bocci. Only this morning an American boat's crew was
attacked by these savages, but they broke their oars into
cudgels, and beat them off. Mr. S--- told me that he
and two missionaries were nearly killed in the same way;
they were severely beaten with sticks, robbed, and their
clothes torn to pieces.—Scotsman.

A public meeting of the friends of this society was I
held on Wednesday evening, in Exeter Hall, where a.
great assembly was congregated some time before the.
hour appointed.
Mr. O'CONNELL, who bad been announced to take the
chair, was, on entering the hall, received with vocifer-
ous cheering, which was repeated after he bad taken the.
chair. When it had concluded, he rose and said, he-
could not consent to fill the chair, without in a very few
words acknowledging the very warm reception be had.
met with. Such a reception showed they thought.;
rightly of him—that his spirit was kindred with theirs..
Ile would not address them on the subject of temperance,
at any length, not because it was not important, but be-•
cause the topics were so very obvious---obvious to all''.
present. Indeed, nothing new could be said on the subject„
But he believed that it was the greatest blessing God ever:
showered upon a country, independent of religious feel -
iug.—(Cheers.) Temperance was the suitable con s-
panion of man in every condition, for there was no fee l-
ing which it did not soften and sweeten, no evil which it
did not smooth and alleviate, no good which it did r et
cherish, and no vice to which it was not an antagoni et.
Many calumnies had been poured upon his country, at icA
among the rest it had been reported of Irishmen, th at
they were drunkards ; no grosser calumny than this ha d
been published upon his country. The Parliatnen tar y
Reports now, however, exhibited the true state of In
land in this respect, for Irishmen were found to con ;-
same the minimum quantity ; one-half less than wt
consumed in Scotland, and one-third, he was sorry t o
say, less than the quantity used in England. He meal i't
no taunt, but be claimed the full meed for Ireland.
his country he was proud to say the temperance mov e_
meet began, and every successive impetus in the mo'
merit was received from Ireland.—(Cheers.) TI ie.t
country was at present suffering from poverty, but so :r -
tue was the loveliest in the poorest ; the brightest gc tr
in the crown of the monarch shone not with so great a
lustre as that virtue which followed the peasant to I ri a
home.—(Cheers.) Drunkenness degraded the character ,
relaxed the habits, made the family haggard ; tempo. -
ranee made the parent kindly, the home happy, ar..( I
conduced to preparation for another and a better r e -
pion.—(Cheers.)
The meeting was then addresed successively t ly•
Messrs Whitaker, Grosjean, Ridley and Ellen.
Dr. HonsoN, who had resided several years in Chin.
said he was glad at all times to protest against the us a
of intoxicating liquors. In Europe he said distillatio a
was not known till the 11th century; but he found by, is
Chinese work which he consulted the other day, that it;
was known in China 1,300 years before the Christian
era, nod an Emperor about that time, whose name was.
Woowang, said to his Minister, if the people drank of
the liquor to intoxication, they were to be dissuaded from,
the use of it, and rewarded if they complied ; in case
they persisted, however, they were to be punished after
the second warning, and after the third time,
they were to be put to death. Dr. Hobson said,
that saniehoo, which was the only alcoholic liquor in'
China, and was made from rice, was always used hot
and without water, but in so small quantities as never to-
inebriate the drinker. Comparing the few who used it,
to the mass of the people, and the moderate quantity
taken, be thought the Chinese might be called a very
temperate people. Dr. Hobson then remarked on the-
deleterious effects from the use of intoxicating liquors on. I
Europeans in eastern climates, and resumed his seat; !
amid cheers. _

In Ireland, as we find by the Irish papers, one por.
tion of the peasantry are stated to be in want of food
--still the stonemasons are discontented with 4s. 6d. a
day, and have actually struck for ss. a day. We fear
that any advice which we may tender will be thrown
away, for in the excitement of a turn-out few men will
listen to reason. Combinations seem at present to be
the order of the day, and we much fear that they will
be carried so far as to ruin trade. They have already
laid a very heavy tax upon the operatives themselves,
and we fear that they are preparing much subsequent
distress for the workmen engaged in them.
The masons are still the most determined in standing
out, but it appears, by facts that have come within our
knowledge, that their obstinacy will render them greater
loosers than the masters, who are willing to employ them
on reasonable terms. As a proof of this, we may men-
tion that the principal engineer on the Liverpool and
Bury line has struck out, or dispensed with, the whole
of the masonry of the foundations of the bridges, &c.,
on the line, and the quoins of the piers, purposing to
substitute concrete (a mixture of lime and pebbles) in
place of the intended stone-work fixed upon in the
original plans. In fact, about three- fourths of the
masonry that would have otherwise been executed is
to be dispensed with. In Ireland, too, the heavy con-
tracts taken by Mr. M•Cormiek on many railways are,
for the same reason and necessity, to be reduced in cost
to the contractor by the adoption ..f similar measures.
The men in the employment of this gentleman had, be-
fore he engaged them, only 3s. 6d. a day. He raised
their wages to 4s. and they have now " struck " for ss.
Instead, therefore, of turning the arches of the bridges in
stone-work, as was intended, it has been determined to
use iron beams of cast-iron, to prevent delay in the
completion of the work. It should be added, that many
of the architects throughout tl.e empire are reducing,
or doing away with, a great amount of the masonry,
being of opinion that the demands of the workmen in
that department are most unreasonable. The strike has
already prevented many parties from building who had
the intention, but have abandoned the idea for the pre-
sent season. The masters bad a meeting yesterday, and
the general feeling was that a crisis had arrived when
they must protect their interest to the utmost.

disappeared, and that the cause of Charles Edward was
not the successful cause. His weak and obstinate cha-
racter, his prejudices and connexions, would have en-
tailed upon us another struggle for constitutional liberty.
But with these admissions, we may recollect, with pride
and emotion, that the Highlanders of old were not un-
worthy their beautiful and magnificent country. They
were brave, loyal, and generous, and incorruptible in
their fidelity. These high qualities were developed in
the Forty-five, and though a century has now gathered
over their fame, interposing many a deed of glory since
achieved, they still shed a lustre on our national history.
The field of Culloden is therefore hallowed ground. It
is not an Agincourt or a Bannockburn, but it is a great
landmark in our Scottish annals—an index to a state of
society gone by for ever—a record of the last ravages of
civil war in this kingdom—and a touching memorial of
unfaltering faith and devotion, supported by high but
unavailing bravery. May its green graves be always
sacred!

SUSPECTED MURDER OF MR

Our English readers will be much shocked to learn I
that it is now strongly suspected that Mr. Astley, whose
melancholy fate we communicated in a former number,
did not meet with his death by accident, as was then
supposed. but that he had been foully assassinated.
Various rumours are in circulation en this subject, tut
we believe the following are all the facts that have
transpired :—lt appears that the unfortunate gentleman
had dined with a friend at his own house at Houton ;
after dinner they went together to a cabaret in the vil-
lage, which he habitually frequented, and remained there
till about eleven o'clock. On leaving the house, Mr.
Astley remained behind on the bridge for a necessary
purpose, and his companion walked on; but had not pro-
ceeded far when his name was called, not in a
tone of urgency or as in any danger, but in
the usual manner. He, however, paid no parti-
cular attention to this, and went on to the house,
but finding, after a lapse of ten minutes, that Mr.
Astley did not return, he went back to the inn,
and, procuring a lantern, searched the banks of the
river, which was not more than two feet deep at the
sides, accompanied by the landlord's son, without dis-
covering any trace. This, however, did not excite much
alarm, as Mr. Astley's habits were very eccentric, and
it was concluded that he had gone away on some sudden
whim—a not very unusual circumstance. When the
next morning arrived without his making his appearance,
his friends became alarmed for his safety, and sent men
all over the country to search for him, and had boats out
to drag the river. But it was not until after the lapse
of two days that the body was found at a place about
three leagues down the Ourthe. It had a large
wound, seemingly inflicted by some heavy blunt instru-
ment, which had broken in all the crown of the skull,
and some slight contusions on the legs. The sleeve of
his coat wss torn, and the knees of a pair of heavy fish-
ing boots he wore much abraded, as if he had been
dragged along a stony road. These appearances led to the
suspicion that murder had been committed; and, upon the
examination before the tribunal at Marche,it came out that
two men, who had been drinking at a neighbouring ca-
baret, had left just about the time when the affair must
have occurred. These men were carpenters, and it was
stated that there existed a quarrel of about two years'
standing between them and the deceased, relative to a
disputed account. They avowed that they were both
too much intoxicated to recollect anything that happened ;
and there not being sufficient evidence to criminate them,
they were liberated, but still remain under the sur-
veillance of the police. An old man, inhabiting a cot-
tage near near the bridge, said that he heard cries for
help, but on going out could not perceive anything un-
usual. No attempt at robbery seemed to have been
made, as the watch, money, ring, &c., of the deceased
were all found on the body; a large German pipe he
carried, and his hat, being the only articles missing. The
officers of justice are still engaged in the investigation
of, this sad affair, but it remains up to this time involved
in impenetrable mystery. Lord Hastings came from
England to be present at the examination before the
Juge d'lnstruction, and has conveyed his unhappy bro-
ther's remains for interment in the family vault.—Brus-
sels Gazeite.

Mr. J. S. SMITE and Mr. LEARE addressed the audi-
ence at some length.
Dr. OXLEY stated that there had been a considerable

debt incurred in the temperance movement, and tha t
the money gathered in consequence of the meeting,
would go to the liquidation of it, as would appear in t) ie
public papers.
A vote of thanks to Mr. O'Connell, the Chairman,
was carried with great cheering, and the meeting sepa-
rated.

IMPORTAN T IN VENTION F'OR

RAILWAYS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn.,—You would much oblige by inserting these f.,:w
lines in your valuable paper. Having my attention
drawn to the recent accident on the Eastern Countie s
Railway, by which almost the entire line of carriages:
were thrown off the rails, and a fearful loss of life had'
nearly been the result, I beg leave to inform those
gentlemen connected with railways; that I have invented
a plan, the construction of which is to prevent carriages-
f! can running off the rails. The grand principle of this in-
.ention is, that it can be applied to any railroad with
the utmost facility and ease ; and, as the first law or
mechanics is to avoid friction, in this invention none is
required, so that speed will nut be retarded; anditwilliast.
fur years without requiring repairs. Even a concussion
(which is generally sure destruction) CANNOT PosSIBLr
throw the carriages off the trains. As I am not pos-
sessed of capital sufficient to meet any expenses whichi
would accrue from an experimental trial, I should feel.
most happy to
t communicatewitthhasneylvesin thisgentleman
mot
might be disposed o interest themselves
R. G.
USEFUL
aasnt tirm:t°,lllTlAaNnTc hiensvtee ;-tsmqnu.a re.

CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE
OF CULLODEN.
(From the Inverness Courier.)
Thursday, the 16th of April, is the anniversary of the
battle of Culloden. It is the hundredth anniversary, for
a century will then have completed its cycle since that
memorable event. Improvement was slow in reaching
this remote locality, but it is visible even on the moor of
Culloden. Inclosures, pastures, and arable land diversify
the surfa3e of that long, bleak plain. The plough has
been driven through a considerable part of the battle-
field, but much of it is still a cold and dreary waste—
grim-visaged as war itself, and harmonising, in its
gloom, with the disastrous fortunes of those whose blood,
on that fatal day, stained the heather. The relics of the
fight are few, but impressive. The green mounds of the
buried dead (" How that red rain hath made the verdure
grow!") are still conspicuous on the moor. The boggy
marshes which impeded the English artillery—the small
spring or well at which the wounded and thirsty stooped
to drink—the old, tall ash-tree at which Prince Charles
stood when the conflict began—and the broad flat stone
on which Duke William took his hasty morning meal,
are still there. We can trace parts of the important
stone wall, which, for a space, defended the right of the
Highland army, but which the Argyleshire Campbells
broke down, when they rushed, like a flood, on the
Jacobite clans. The position of the different lorces may
be clearly ascertained on the spot ; and we can easily
picture the wild stormy struggle, with the maddened
shouts awl gestures of the clansmen as they rushed
desperately on the firm, compact lines of the English
troops. What a contrast between the meagre, sinewy,
half-clad, enthusiastic Highlanders, and the heavy, com-
fortable Southron soldiers, arrayed in the military cos-
tume of' the day—the long coats, cocked hats, and white
gaiters ! Their heavy dragoons, too, in ample red
drapery, trunk square-toed boots, large holster pistols
and carabines, and mounted on fine sleek horses of great
power, seemed as if they could trample down the whole
clans north of the Spey. Yet the very weight and mas-
siveness of the English troops would only have cum-
bered them if the brave Highlanders had not been in a
wretched condition, greatly disproportioned in numbers,
orn out with hunger and fatigue, and set up, like
targets, on a level plain, to point the murderous fire of
the artillery. The very elements seemed to be against
the Jacobites. The rain and sleet beat in their faces, and,
joined to the smoke of the fierce cannonading and
musketry, compelled them to fight in all but darkness.
The struggle was a brief one—a shock like an earth-
quake, that threw down all the long-cherished hopes of
the royal line of Stuart, sacrificing, on this one fatal
day, above two thousand brave men, and leaving hun-
dreds more to perish by cold-blooded cruelty, by cap-
tivity, exile, and harsh tribunals.
Nothing could be more prosaic or unromantic than
the general character of the reign of George the Second.
The affair of the Forty-five burst like a meteor on this
dull period. It was poetry in action. "A primitive
people," says Scott, " residing in a remote quarter of the
empire, and themselves but a small portion of the
Scottish Highlanders, fearlessly attempted to place the
British Crown on the head of the last scion of those
ancient kings whose descent was traced to their own
mountains. This gigantic task they undertook in fa-
vour of a youth of twenty-five, who landed on their
shore without support of any kind, and threw himself
on their generosity. They assembled an army in his
behalf—their speech, their tactics, their arms, were
alike unknown to their countrymen and to the English
—holding themselves free from the obligations imposed
by common law or positive statute, they were yet
governed by rules of their own, derived from a general
sense of honour, extending from the chief to the lowest
of his tribe. With men unaccustomed to arms, the
amount of the most efficient part of which never ex-
ceeded 2,000, they defeated two disciplined armies com-
mandedtrated deep into Engan , app _
the
King's the capital, and made the crown tremble on
by officers of exdperiernocaechaendd
wrietrintataion,
hundred
on the point of being
intercepted between
mi
head; retreated with the like. success when they
appearedthree hostile armies; checked effectually the attack of a
superior body detached in pursuit of them ; reached the
north in safety, and were only suppressed by a concur-
rence of disadvantages which it was impossible fur
saw,
the
etahowe:
laN
vpureibthe
Prince
oiandsurprise,nu devotedthdiosn vea rhinoo
wua attachment
tanar heagmnuei
ltnaytr
human nature to surmount." To this enumeration of
facts, forming altogether a picture dazzling to the ima-
gnay ination,
wander-
ings and misfortunes, and the contrast which they pre-
sent in true nobility of mind to their sordid and cruel
victors. The excesses committed after the battle of Cul-
loden form a deep and ineffaceable stain on the English
i g. 611. we
a ni
go ifn
theatio nH,
military force, trained in a civilize nation, and
army,com-
mandedan
courtesy, and feelings of honour, by a rude mountain
race, reared in comparative solitude •
amidst the wild and
savage scenes of nature.
bdyt
ae wproirnlede,
The breaking up of the feudal system in th
High-
lands was a necessary result of the progress e
of society,
but it was accellerated by the defeat at
u lod e n
Good sprung out of seeming evil. The statutes pro-
scribing the use of arms and the national dress
people were unjust and absurd, but the Act, passed
in 1748, abolishing the hereditable jurisdictions, and
vesting the administration of justice in professional
Sheriffs, was a wise and salutary measure. The ure. system
of
vassalage and military service was at an end, and
law was substituted for a purely despotic power. What
a vast change has been effected in the last century !
With little trade been
a
a public road or
communication—arts and agriculture unknown
or neg-
lected, we wonder how our ancestors could drag out ex-
istence. The wealth of the chief lay in the number of
his clan, not in his rental. When Dlacdonald of Kep
poch was asked the amount of his income, he replied,
" I can raise five hundred men." Those men, however,
ware miserably lodged and fed—subsisting often by
plunder—and at all times dependent on the character
and caprice of their natural leader. It was a state of
things that could not last—a form of society alien to
Vie spirit of the British Constitution. But under it rose
many a generation of brave men, and flourished many
virtues- ws_may rejoice that its harsher features have

RADE.
THE TURN-OT
UT in the BUILDING-
any
(From the Liverpool Standard.)
is ta
therendard.)
app
i
*nee of its termination. But it. is
ear.
nor
This strike still continues,
not confined to this
S
town and neighbourhood, for it extends
otherndsto in all
Manchester
Bradford, Sheffield, Birmingham, an places,at issue.
The men who are employed hlve to
of which the builders and their work meeno n
are
largely towards the support of those who are standing
tribute very
not only
ig papers and soliciting subscrip irs ,
out, and men have been engaged (luring
ti week die-
tributifrom housekeepers, shopkeepers, and oth
from persons in the streets. The latter class cs; but also
fsol.is citors
are generally the labourers. By a letter, which
pub-
lished in another column, it will be seen that the unions
have absolute controul over men who are hundreds
of miles distant, and that masons have been
prohibited coming from Aberdeen to set the
column at the New Assize Courts. All the
avenues of the town—the railway station, the dock
' quays, and the pierheads—ere closely watched, lest
strangers should come here in search of employment ;
and picquets are set who keep watch upon all the prin-
cipal builders' establishments, so as to prevent, if pos-
sible, any man from entering. Yet, in spite of these
precautions, many of the large employers aro procuring
bands, and every day brings an accession. It seems to
he pretty well known, that but for the terror of the
trades' unions, the great majority of the workmen
would gladly resume their work ; and it is lamentable
that, during this struggle, buildings are standing still
in every direction, not merely in Liverpool, but in yea.:
rious parts of the country. The men object to quit The
unions, and the masters say that they have no security
in undertakicg contracts so lung as their men are in-
fluenced by the leaders of these combinations.
A startling fact appears in the letter of the President
of the 0 der of Forres.,ers, which is publi,hed in another
culumn, viz.:—that more than one million of adult men
are enrolled in secret benefit societies in this country.

ASTLEY.

AN IRISHMAN'S PlG.—The pig takes his meals with
the rest of the family, whom, at best, he regards as his poor
relations. He sits down with the circle at the family board
(often literally a board for a plate), and eats with them from
the same dish, from which they usually select for him the
largest potatoes. Instances, it is true, have been known
where a disloyal peasant has endeavoured to persuade the
pive
the pig something in addition, such as porridge, bran and
mashed up wisithitthtoe
greiat,
but
g cake, ts oe
al denaodtm
calavbilbtelsatvg
esp.uoc tbaNetsoos success.
merely
Far m peelings, n
o
i is re
the pig better fed than
the peasant, with his wife and children, but in several dis-
tricts it is the only animal that is sufficiently fed. This is
more especially the case in Sligo and Roscommon. The
pig, meantime, knows how matters stand, and is quite
aware of his own importance. Hite happens to be coming in
at the door of the cabin at the same time that one of the
children is coming out, he tries to make it appear that
there is not room enough for both, and gives the child a
hunch with his shoulder in passing, like a surly brute who
would gt owl, " Get out of the way, don't you see me
coming !" A traveller in the provinces told me that he once
overheard a sort of dialogue between a peasant girl and the
pig of the house. The pig had absconded, or at least had
not returned all night, and the girl, who had been out
searching for him since daybreak, was now bringing him
home, reproaching him for his ingratitude as they walked
along, the pig returning a sort of grudging acquiescence to
each touching interrogatory. " Didn't I always get you
enough straw at night to cover round you, and a wisp to
stick in the chink o' the wall to keep the wind out?" " Ouff,"
said the pig. " Haven't I given you the best praties, and
leaves, and warm mash, and often gone without a male
myself for you—eh, now ?" " Ouff," said the pig ; but the
grudging acquiescence did in some degree partake of an
" Oh, don't bother me." "And wouldn't I always do my
duty by you—eh ?—wouldn't I I How could you have the
heart to leave your own home—eh? Will I tell you of all
your ingratitude, eh ?" " Oujr," said the pig; meaning, in
this case, " Well, I don't care if I do hear about that."—Col -
respondent of a morning paper.

A HAWK AND A WEASLE. —While watching the
a bloodsuckers, hawk overhead.l
concealed
ceale(T myself
movements of a brood of weasles, which were basking upon a shelf
of an old wall, by the edge of a wood in the neighbourhood of Mor-
Pu
ep
tohn' the
Believing t
amongsthat he hatdh
ehl s eebrush-
wood, and watched his motions with considerable interest. After
wheeling round a few times, as if to ascertain the most favourable
point of attack, he took up a position directly above his game.
Gradually and cautiously descending to the point of attack, he darted
upon his prey, and, in an instant, was seen winging his way through
the air with a young weasle secure in his talons. So soon as the
hawk was out of sight, I again turned my eye to the wall, and ob-
served that the weasles had all Disappeared but an old one, which
stood upon its hind legs snuffing the air, and, by the violence of its
gestures, appeared to feel its less acutely. At length it laid itself
down, and, by the apparent carelessness of its position, seemed to
invite attack. The hawk was again overhead, and, emboldened by
his recent success, descended with great velocity upon the only re-
maining object of his appetite. He caught a Tartar. No sooner had
he secured his prey than he shot upwards with the rapidity of a
rocket, and in an instant was almost lost in the clouds. A desperate
str..ggle appeared to be going on for the mastery, which ended in the
two combatants falling violently to the ground. In running to the
spot where they fell I found them both dead. .l Guardian.
THE NIGHTINGALE —This charming songster, for
whose melodious notes the Trumpington-road is so rcnowed, has
begun to pour forth its " Jug jug" in our neighbourhood earlier than
usual this year. Last week it was hearth and by this time It is alusus
common.-- Cambri4ye Climick,