The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-05 00:00:00

THE LATE DUKE OF NORFOLK.

The following pastoral letter of his Eminence
the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster was read
in all the churches and chapels of the archdiocese
on Sunday last:—
" Nicholas, by the Divine Mercy, of the Holy Roman
Church, of the title of St. Pudentiana Cardinal Priest,
and Archbishop of Westminster. To our dearly Be-
loved Brethren and Children in Christ, the Clergy
Secular _and Regular, and the Faithful of the said
diocese. Health and benediction in the Lord.

" While death is daily engaged in its work of removing
men from this earthly scene we seldom feel it our duty to
call your atten. ion to this unceasing course of nature, or to
claim it for what may seem a peculiar case in its operation.
For it excepts not the great, nor the good, nor tho learned,
nor the dear from its unsparing action, but takes each in
its turn, and keeps a stern proportion between these and
the mass of its more secret victims.

" But now we feel, dearly beloved in Christ, that it is
incumbent on us to invoke your sympathies and summon
you to participation in our grief, because an unsearchable
decree of Providence has remove•l from us one to whom
manifold ties of respect, gratitude, and affection bound this
diocese.

" Our wnil-beloved son in Jesus Christ, Henry, Duke of
Norfolk, closed his edifying life, by a calm and holy end, on
the night of Sunday last, the 25th inst., leaving a void
among us net easily to be filled up. It is not because the
first of England's noblemen is lost 'to us, and years must
pass before the inheritor of his title, and we may trust of
his virtues, will be free to act, but because we have had
taken from before'us, and from among us, a model and a
practiser of great Christian and Catholic virtue.
" For, while placed in the very highest pinnacle of social
and national position, while surrounded by all the advan-
tages which the world can give, endowed with manly and
generous qualities, and even physically offering a choice
type of English manhood, there was in this illustrious man
a gentleness that sprung from true humility, and almost
concealed by its external grace the firm root from which it
grew. IVgtther in the form of considerateness for the
lowest dependent, or of attentiveness to guest and friend,
or of deference to counsellors, or of unostentatiousness in
person and action, or of simplicity in the doing of great
things, or of bashful shrinking sensibility as to public ap-
pearance, we have noted, with admiration, a far deeper and
holier groundwork than these outward characteristics
manifested to the world.. For they were the result of a
rare unselfishnes, self-neglect, and almost self-contempt.
If what is called Fortune was lavish of its gifts to him,
Grace certainly was no less generous, and made him lowly
and simple in heart and inmost thought; so that he con-
sidered himself placed where he was only to dispense the
earthly blessings in his hand, for the love of God and of his
neighbours.

" It is• *this singular humility of soul, which imparted
so muchiiacious beauty to his character and conduct, that
we have always most revered and honoured him.
"And, at the same time, we must not omit to give him
another praise, rare in our times of political intrigue, want
of public principle, and social hypocrisy. Whatever the
days of ancient chivalry may have Safi on record of unsullied
integrity and unspotted honour, of inflexibility in rectitude,
and unflinchingness in truth, was true and living in him.
He sacrified the career of his public life, he refused the dis•
tinction of Royal favour most coveted by those of his rank,
because he feared the slightest compromise of his highest
principles. He would struggle against his dearest wishes,
when they were at variance with a conviction, perhaps even
an unconsciously mistaken one, which commanded his
action.

"But, t* we have already observed, that humility which
was so rfitly his characteristic was linked with a charity
direited by it. Indeed, the two virtues might be, said to
have a common root.

" For what more closely allied than unselfishness and
charity ? It is this virtue, indeed, so extensively, and so
generously exercised, which mainly gives the deceased a
claim to our affection and to our suffrages. There is scarcely
a charity in this diocess which has not, either permanently
or on some more pressing occasion, experienced his benevo-
lence. There is not a form of want, or a peculiar applicaticn
of alms, which has not received his relief or co-operation.
The building of churches—the erection of schools—the in-
stitution of orphanage, alms-house, reformatory, training
school, or hospital—the foundation of convents whether for
contemplation or for active duties—the education of the
clergy at home or abroad—any Catholic interest or cause,
whether of the hierarchy or of the oppressed inmates of
workhouses or prisons—whether, in fine, that required
assistance for carrying out a good and holy work found ever
in him a ready, au ungrudging, and a noble-hearted bene-
factor.

"Nor did this diocess exhaust the measure of his libe-
rality. Wherever he had property he has left behind him
monuments of his religious munificence. Arundel and
Sheffield, for instance, will perpetuate its memory. Yet it
would be difficult, perhaps, to define the limits to which the
exercise of this virtue was carried ; because the extent of
private and domestic charity which he practised can never
be known. Instances have, indeed, come casually to our
knowledge, which might have been considered sufficient to
satisfy all the obligations of a rich and virtieus man for a
considerable period ; but where the left hand was not in-
tended to know what the right had done. There is no
doubt that this truly excellent man has cast his bread
largely upon the waters, which left no trace of his muni-
ficence inscribed on them; but the seeds thus scattered
have met him now, and he has found them' kneaded into
a food of eternal life.

" Nor was his charitable generosity confined to the will-
ing distribution of ample means, but it manifested itself in
a thousand other ways no less valuable. Influence is as im-
port4nt in this country as affluence, influence of rank, in-
fluence of power, influence of connexions, influence of
character, of abilities, of virtue, of manner even, can bear
much on the successful issue of great affairs. All these gifts
the illustrious object of our regrets possessed; and more ;
and never did he hesitate or fail to bring them to the aid of
any Catholic interest. His name, a name full of weight, was
at the head of any protest, petition, or declaration to which
he assented; his voice, one heard ever with respect, was
always raised, in spite of his natural retiring modesty,
whenever a calumny had to be dispelled, or a sophism
broken, in the high lists of the Senate ; his presence, at all
times bland and yet encouraging, was never refused when a
meeting, or a deputation on Catholic matters required it.

" What wonder that God should have bestowed on one
who so practised the first of virtues an abundance of other
graces ; that his faith in life should have been truly living,
manifested by the fulfilment of all other commandments,
and by the practice of every religious duty ; that his hope
in death should have been bright and firm.

" The day may come when, without wounding the deli-
cacy of domestic affection, the thousand beautiful things
which he said and did may be brought to edify the piety of
the faithful. For the present, suffice it to say that so peace-
ful, so sweet, so like a slumber in God's arms was his pas-
sage from this world that no one who hears these lines may
fear to hope that his own transit may be such.
"And yet the eye of God may see blemishes where we
find only excellence, and His searching sight may discover
alloy to purge out where wo perceive pure gold. But in
this work of His justice He allows us to have a part. Our
prayers may expiate, our sublime oblation can atone. Let
us hasten to this work of love. There is a beautiful expres-
sion used by a bishop, a saint of old, spoken on au occasion
similar to this. ' I wilt embrace him,' it says, and will
not let him go.' It was the Church that spoke through her
pastor ; the kind, affectionate, compassionate mother who
clasped her faithful and loving child in her arms, and
shielded him by Iva' prayers and her sacrifices from the
wrath, however miti'gated by mercy, yet to come.
" We feel that such' an office of piety, however it may
have been privately dis
charged, is due from us all, on behalf
of our, charities and of c lur poor.
" We, therefore, invite i you, dearly beloved brethren and
children in Christ, to as: tist at the solemn obsequies which
we intend to celebrate ion Wednesday next, the sth of
December, at 11 a,m., at -our pro-cathedral of St. Nary's

Moorfields, for the repose of tug soul of this our dearly be-
loved son in Christ.

"We should be especially gratified by seeing those chari-
ties or institutions with which their departed benefactor
Was habitually connected distinctly represented by a com-
mittee or deputation at this service. Of intention to do so
Ind of the number expected to attend timely notice sitoUld
be given at the church.

"And, finally, reverencing that, veil which shrouds so
sacredly and so' tenderly the mystery of surviving sorrow,
we ask your prayers to the God of all cwtsolation for sup-
port, comfort, and peace to those whewe own virtues were
entwined around. Or sprung from his whom God has taken,
rather than death has struck down.
"And may the souls of all the departed Faithful, thiough
the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
"Given, in Westminster, this first Sunday of Advent,
MDCCCLX.

. .
"N.. CARD. WISEMAN."

MEDITERRANEAN Ex7ENSION
• TELEGRAPH.

A Malta correspondent says:—Bv a notice issued
on the 2Sth of November from the office of the :Medi-
terranean Extension Telegraph Company the public
was informed that telegraphic communication haC
been re-established between Malta and the Con-
tinent, via Sicily and Naples. Regarding the
Corfu and Otranto line I have received the following
in letters from Mr. Andrews, the engineer and
superintendent of the company, who is at present
at Corfu, for the purpose of superintending the
construction of that line : •

•
"Corfu, Oct. 26.—1 have selected Sidari, two miles'east
of Cape Drasti, as the landing place for the cable. The
bottom near Cape Palacrum was rocky, and therefore un-
suitable. The land line is now complete to within eight
miles of Corfu. The Lord High Commissioner has
offered me the use of the lonian steamer to go to Otranto
to see after the landing place there. I shall start hi a
few days, and on my return, and after the completion
of the land line, if no news reaches me of the cable
coming at once, I shall .avail myself of the first op-
portunity of returning to •• Malta. As regards the
land line I have had a good deal of difficulty
with it, on account of the neture of the country on the
other side of San Savadore, which is full of ravines and
high. hills. I find the country at the north end of the
island as well cultivated RS this end, if not better, and the
inhabitants more kind and obliging.
" Corfu, Nov. 4.—1 have been prevented going to
Otranto, but hope to start in a few days, I only require a
few insulators to finish the line. There was no sign of the
vessel with the cable leaving England on the 26th ult.
The land line will bo finished after the new insulators
arrive. All the poles are up, with the wire up to the place
where the new joins the old line."
With reference to the above, I understand that the
insulators required by Mr. Andrews to finish the
land line were sent up from, Malta without loss of
time by her Majesty's steam frigate Melpomene;
but, as a letter has been received from Corfu com-
plaining of their non-arrival, it is feared that they
may have gone on to the East in the Melpomene,
which, after touching at Corfu, left for Syria. If
this be the case it will probably cause a further
delay of come weeks in the completion of the land
portion of the Otranto and Corfu line. The Eng-
lish screw steamer Danube, which arrived yester-
day from Alexandria, had on board nearly all the
Red Sea Telegraph Company's staff of telegraph
clerks, who are returning homewards. From this
it would appear that the Red Sea Telegraph Com-
pany intend abandoning the cable for the present.

HEALTH OF LONDON- 114TRING THE WEEK.

From the Quarterly Return of the Registrar General.)
The mortality of Loudon has constantly increased
during the last five weeks, and in the week that
ended last Saturday the deaths were 1,275. The
average nuinter of deaths deduced from the re-
turns of weeks corresponding with last week in the
ten Nears 1850-59; and for the purpose of com-
parison corrected for increase of population, is

1,397. Hence it will be seen that tlioligh the cold
and damp air of November has swelled the weekly
list, the deaths in the present return are still less
by 122 than they would have been if the average
rate of mortality had prevailed. In the correspond-
ing week of 1858 scarlatina, bronchitis, and pneu-
monia raised the deaths nearly 500 above the
mortality of last week.
Fatal cases of measles have risen from 41 in the
previous week to 50 last week, scarlatina from 40
to 45. The latter disease appears to be common in
the west districts, where it carried off many more
children than in the other metropolitan divisions.
Four deaths from scarlatina occurred in the sub-
district of St. Mary, Paddington, and four .in
Chelsea North-East, 4 in other parts of the
Chelsea district, and 3 in St. John, Westminster.
Three children died of measles in the sub-
district of St. Paul. Hammersmith, 4 in Fulham, 3
in St. Giles, South, 3 in Hoxton New Town, and
3in Piumstead. The deaths from. phthisis last
week were 166; the same number from bronchitis,
and 126 from pneumonia ; which numbers do not
differ materially 'from the corrected averages.
Five persons died in cOnsequence cf their 'clothes
taking fire—viz., the widow of an upholsterer aged
71 years, the daughter of a coal-porter aged four
years, the son of a dock labourer aged ace years, the
son, of a piano-forte key cutter aged five years, and
the son of a sawyer aged three years. A girl was
burnt in a house which took fire, and a child was
burnt on the chest by a hot mussel falling inside
her dress. Four infants were suffocated in bed,
and 2 were murdered. A boy, aged 12 years, was
killed by brandy.
Two twin children of a shoemaker were, accord-
ing to the coroners return, "poisoned by effluvia
from bat
.drainage of the house," 72, Boston-street;
Hackney-road, in which they lived. They both
died on the 18th of November. The daughter of
a blacksmith, aged 18 years, in New-park-road,
Brixton, died from diphtheria, which was caused
by bad drainage. All the.members of the family
have been ill, and two, including the daughter just
mentioned, have died.

Last week the birth of 870 boys and 826 girls, in
all 1,696 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-59
the average number was 1,662.
METROPOLITAN WATERS, NOVEMBER, 1860.

The waters of London, according- to the analyses
of Dr. Robert Dundas Thomson, F.R.S., are rather
more impure than in the previous month. Their
variable compositions affords unfavourable contrast
with that of the Glasgow and Manchester waters,
which may be considered the types of a wholesome
town supply, while it may be favourably compared
with that of a city well containing sewage, which
was originally sunk for the purpose of watering
the streets, but has been too long used by the neigh-
bourhood for drinking purposes in consequence of
the pump handles not being properly secured by
the parochial authorities.

Total impurity Organic im-
per gallon. purity.
grs. or deg. grs. or deg.
Distilled Water . O.O 01/
Loch Katrine water, new supply
to Glasgow
Manchester Water Supply 4.32 0.61
Well, Great Titchfield- street, St.
Marylebone .. 140.68 16.68
THAMES COMPANIES.
Chelsea
Southwark
Lambeth
G rand Junction 19.64 1.08
West Middlesex 2llB 1.68
OTHER COMPANIES.
New River
East London
Kent
The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the
gallon 3.16 degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution, of
which •96 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal origin.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29474 in
The readings fell to 29.25 in. on Monday, and rose
to 29.71 in. on Wednesday. The mean temperature
of the air in the week was 41.6 deg., which is 0.3
deg. above the average of the wane week in 43 years
(as determined by Dlr. Glaisher). The air became
warmer on the last two days. The thermometer in
the shade fell to 35.3 deg. on Sunday, and rose to
50 deg. on Friday, being respectively the lowest
and highest points in the week. The extreme range
of temperature in the week was therefore 14.7 deg.
The mean daily range was 8 deg. On Monday
and Wednesday the range was only about 45 deg.
The difference between the mean dew-point tem-
perature and air temperature was only 1.1 deg.
The mean degree of humidity of the air was so
high as 96, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100, which point was attained on Thurs-
day ; on Monday and Friday the humidity was 99.
Indeed, throughout the week the atmosphere was
loaded with moisture. The wind blew from the
north-east on the first three days, and then from
the east and south-east, and afterwards from the
south-west. Rain fell to the amount of 0.81 in.
The mean temperature of the water of the Thames
was 42.1 deg.

The Preston Guardian says that Christopher
Charleston, shoeniaker, Blackburn, married Betty Rams-
bottom, beerhouse-keeper, four months ago, and left her
the next day ; that they were brought together at a public
house on 11.1onCay, when mediation failed to reconcile them ;
that he then determined, with her consent, to sell her by
auction ; and that she was " knocked down" by a veteri-
nary surgeon to a baker for lid. and two five-shilling bowls
of whisky punch. A formal memorandum of the sale was
drawn up, and " the wife," it is said, " was pleased with
the change."

ZEPHYRINE TISSUE.—A material of exquisite
beauty, designed as a substitute for the coarser kinds of
adhesive plasters, and even of court plaster and goldbeaters'
skin, is attracting a good deal of deserved attention amongst
the medical profession and scentific bodies. Although
almost infinitesimally thin, all air is excluded from the
wound it covers, and through its complete transparency the
progress of its healing may be watched. To say the least
of it, this discovery must prove a most valuable aid to th
re
e
faculty in all cases of disorders upon the skin, and mo
over its price will happily permit of its most extensive,
appliotiou among both rich and poor.

THE TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION DI
I&! 0 .N4ll OVITESIIIRE

.&.EAVPORT, TUESDAY.
The coroner's inquest into the deaths of the
unfortunate men who were killed by the explosion
of the Black Vein Coal Mine, Monmouthshire, on
Saturday Last, 'was formally commenced this worn-
in.- before Mr. W. ll.'Brewer, deputy coroocr, aud
a jury of fifteen, consisting of residents in i 3( im-
mediate locality of •Pontymister and Risca, of w Ivan
Mr. Georgell.,l3ankes, of Pontymister, was tile
foreman. .As might have been expected, however,
the proceedings before the coroner were purely
formal, and consisted, in fact, of the swearing in of
the jury, and visiting some of the dead bodies.
Mr. Brough, the government inspector of mines,
was on the spot at an early hour of the morning,
and descended into the pit, where he has been for
several hours.; Mr. Thos. Phillpotts, the manager
of the Risca Coal and Iron Company, has given up
his• authority over the mine to Mr. Brough, under
whose orders shifts" of men .;re actively engaged
in searching for the men beneath. The follovi ing
represents the actual state of things when the
explosion took. place,. and tha return ordeaths up
to Tuesday.
The number of men on ,the day shift on Saturday
morning when the accident took place mas
Of these there were 64 saved.' 80 dead bodies have
been taken out, and there are still missing and
under ground 55. Supposing all of those at pre-
sent in the pit lobe dead, and that seem; the gene-
impression, the number of deaths would amount
to 135. EVery exertion is being made to find the
bodies that still remain under ground. Re_
lays of from 15 to 20 men, led by an experienced
fireman, descend: alternately ; but as the whole
ventilation co the mine has been blown to pieces,
the work of exploration is necessarily very slow,
Only eight bodies wr re recovered on Sunday, nix
on Monday. It appears that a descent into the
mine is still attended with great danger, and none
but steady and.experienced men are admitted in.
It is not expected that all the bodies wilt be out
for another fortnight, and it is doubtful whether
the mine will not continue the " living tomb" for
a good many, as the desolation and debris caused
by the explosion is reported to be most extensive.
As to the cause of the explosion it would be
premature to hazard an opinion. That will late
best ascertained by the. result of the inquest. I
may mention, however, that very contradictory
statements are given as to the cause. Mr. Phill-
potts, the general manager, was in London at
the time of the accident, but he asserts that the
state of the mine was, as far as it could be
ascertained, excellent, that the ventilation was
very good, and that the Black Vein Coal and
Iron Company, went to a good deal of expense iii
improving it. On the other hand, some of the men
have declared that the mine was in a very bad.
condition for some time, and that there was an
apprehension amongst the men that some calamity
would take place. Conflicting rumours are of
course always rife after an• occurrence of this kind,
but it is perhaps as well to give them. The friends
of those who have relatives still underground are
in the most anxious state of expectation, and their
misery is, even greater than that of those who have-
the certainty of death brought home to them. In d 7
many instances this has been realised in multiplied:lb
form. One of the persons whom I met with this
morning was a young man named West, who
escaped from the mine by a back way when the
explosion took place. His three brothers, howevive,
were not so fortunate, for they were brought up
dead. This is not a solitary instance: other tarailies
have quite as sad a tale to tell. The drawr, blinds
of numerous' cottages arband reveal how extensive
has been the calamity, and for some mites around,
the minors' houses have their corpse or corpses.
The coroner's jury was to have been sworn at
half:past eleven, but it was nearly an hour later
before the coroner and jury assembled.
They were then swore to inquire into the deaths
of Henry Edwards, David Jenkins, and the other
deceased persons, amounting to eighty, who lost
their lives.

Mr. 0 wen, solicitor, of Newport, appeared for
some of the .deceased; Mr. Morgan Llewellin
appeared on heliall' of the Black Vein Iron and Ct,al
Company. Mr. Phiilpotts, manager, was also
present, as well as the Rev. Dr. Williams, chancellor
of the diocese.

. .
Mr. Owen hoped that no person connected 'with
the works should be on the jury.
The Coroner said he had given instructions that
no person connected with the works should be on
the jury, and he did not believe that any person so
connected was on the jury. Thejurymen, as their
names were called, could answer for themselVes.
The policeman who issued the summonses snid
that he summoned the jury under. the instructions
he received. He got a list of names from Inspector
Towler, but be set tide some of the names given
to him by the inspector. He did so of his own
,authority. •

Mr. 0-wen then applied to have two experienced
persons on the part of- the men to inspect the
present state, of the inii,e.:
Mr. s::.i.(l4l:at he had no objection on
the part of the company; but he would advise
that it should not be done, as it was certainly
dangerous to do so. Any person going dowit
should do so with the sanction of Mr. Brough,
the Government inspector, who was then in the
mine.

Mr. Owen asked if the coroner would give am
order for the two men tu go down.
The Coroner said if they went down they must
do so on their own responsibilits. lie would give
no order of the kind.

Mr. Owen then asked if the jury were in any
way interested in the company or the works.
The jurymen replied that they were not.
The Coroner then, addressing the jury, said that
they were called together to inquire into one of the
most painful and fatal explosions on record, by
which so many human beings had perished. He
impressed on them the necessity of giving an im-
partial verdict, of not being biassed by anything
they might have.heard outside. but to return their
verdict according to the evidence adduced before
then. He should do everything .in his power to
bring satisfactory evidence before them, and he
t'ruged they would give it a patient and attentive
hearing. All that they could do that day was to
view same of the bodies. He proposed that they
should view them all, and as this would occupy
some days, and as the bodies in the pit would not
be found for some considerable time, he proposed to
postpone the taking of evidence till the 18th of
December.

Mr. Llewellen said that he appeared for the
Risco. Coal and Iron Company, in whose works the
calamity, unprecedented in its results in that
county, had occurred. As to the causes of the
accident it would be premature to speculate. They
would best be d'keovered by the inquiry ; but the
company felt it incumbent on them to give every
assistance in their power to promote the inquiry.
The jury and coroner then proceeded, in the
midst of a drizzling rain and paths thick with mud,
to view the dead bodies, which lie scattered all
about the district. In this work probably two or
three days will be consumed.
It was understood that Lord Tredegar, the lord.
of the soil, had given a piece of land for the burial.
of the unfortunate men, and that Chancellor Wil-
liams stated, on the part of the bishop of the dio-
cese, that he would dispense for the present with
should necessity
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place forthwith, as they are lying in the same rooms
in which the quick are obliged to live, and decom-
position has set in.
No bodies were taken out of the pit to-dap up to
20 minutes past 3 o'clock, when the last train by
which information could be conveyed to London
lef.
The following are the names of the jury :
George H. Bankes, Pontymister, foreman ; David
Nurse, manager of the Pontymister Werks ; Philip
Davies, engineer, ditto; Wm. Matthews, maltster ;
John Duffield, maltster ; Walter Rosser, builder
Walter Rosser, farmer ; Wm. J. Jacob, farmer ;
John Evans, shopkeeper ; Vincent Allen, shop-
keeper; Wm. Giles, farmer; Thos. Banks, David.
Norris, Jarvis Johnson, Samuel Bateman.

HOLTROOD ABBEY.—David, King of Scotland,
who appears to have been as devout a prince as his great
namesake, the Israelitish poet-king, was out hunting ono
day, when he was suddenly attacked by the infuriated stag
he was pursuing. He would probably have perished but
for the ready aid that monarchs appear always able to
command. A Knight rushed to the rescue, and King
David lived to found an abbey upon the site of his perilous
adventure. This pretty tradition, redolent as with in-
cense from the censers of gratitude and piety, is 'borne
out by the armorial device of the abbey and adjoining burgh
of Canongate—a cross between• the antlers of a stag—
although.there is not wanting a different version of the
story, which ascribes the escape to miraculous agency. The
monastery thus founded was called Holy Rood Abbey, on
account of the incident having occurred ou the festival day
of the Holy Cross, and was held especially sanctified by
virtue of the possession of a small black fragment of the
Margaret, the grand-
truesEs—d
Edward
rl edg7h9ye bequeathed
Confessor,tob her son, King David.y
niececorof
We read in the old Scottish records, that the good Prince
sent to Flanders and France for "the rich crafty masons,
under whose hands the structure arose, and that the marshes
around were subsequently drained and the cemetery walled
by the "pleasant, devout, affable" Abbot Elias.—Builder.
AMERICAN FASIIIONs.—Four-storey shirt collars
are all the rage. We saw one the other day with a steeple
to it. The increase in building has proved very profitable
to the linen and starch trade. Short-necked people, in
order to keep pace with the spirit of improvement, .should
get their ears moved up a little higher.-41merican Taper.