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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1885.

off well. The yeomanry and their officers, together with
his Grace and suite, afterwards dined together. The Duke
complimented the troops upon their state of efficiency, and
praised the institution of yeomanry corps as highly valuable
and useful, especially in the preservatioh of the peace of
their respective counties. It is understood that the Duke
intends to review the yeomanry in several other districts.
His Grace wore Field Marshal's uniform, and was exceed-
ingly ivell received by the assembled multitude.
DEPARTURE OF LORD AUCKLAND.-.PORTS-
MOUTH, SEPT. 19.—The Jupiter, Hon. Captain Grey, will
sail from Woolwich on Monday for this port, to take on
board Lord Auckland, the Governor-General of India.
Two of his Lordship's sisters, the Hon. Misses Eden, ac-
company him. Captain Sir H. Chamberlaync, and twenty
men of the Royal Artillery, for Ceylon, take passage in the
Jupiter, which ship on her return will bring home one of
the regiments in India.—Hampshire Telegraph.

The Marquis of Hertford will remain in Germany
for two months ; and, in the event of the cholera not sub-
siding in Italy, his Lordship will then return home.

We are happy to hear that Mrs. Fitzherbert enjoys
goctd health. This respected lady is expected in Brighton
in the course of six or seven weeks.

Mr. L. and Lady Jane Peel are expected in
Brighton in about a month. They are now at Lausanne,
where they occupy the house which was formerly the re-
sidence of John Kemble.—Brighton Gazette.
Colonel Strother lately sent a challenge to Colonel'
Benton, which was not accepted, when. the former pub-
licly denounced Benton as a coward and a scoundrel, and
announced his intention to shoot him at sight. the Cin-
cinnati Whig says Strother's purpose had been communica-
ted to Benton, who, it is said, had prepared himself for
the assault. We should not, therefore, be surprised to
learn that one or both of them has been killed.—New York
Gazette.

The Earl of Albemarle, Master of the Horsc,.and
his Countess-, are gone to Quiddenham Hall; in. Norfi,3l- ;
the Noble Earl will be the guest of his daughter, Lacy
Anne Coke, at. Holkham Hall, during the appropriate visit
of the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria to her
Ladyship and Mr. Coke.

MISS ELLEN TREE.—This amiable vounab lady
has been in a perilous situation ; she took her passage on
Thursday, in a packet at- Cork, for Liverpool, which, in
consequence of the boisterous weather, was beating about
for two days on that dangerous part of the coast. We
are glad to hear that it arrived safe at Liverpool on Friday
afternoon.

Sheridan Knowles, accompanied .by his pupil, Miss
Elphinstone, has been perforniinm with great success at-
SWansea, where he took his first benefit on the nth inst.,
playing Jacques, in As You Like It, and Lubin, in The
Quaker, to a ye!), lull audience. Miss Elphinstone was the
Rosalind, having on previous nights appeared in • The Hunch-
back, The Wife, William Tell, and The Honey Moon.

D UNGA RVA N ELECTION.--We have received in-
formation, that J. M. Galwey intends to oppose the Attorl
ney-General; at least he is to be at the hustings, with his
agents. Was ever such barefaced effrontery known To-
morrow is the day fixed for the election, and ere the sun
has set, Mr. O'Loghlen will be again the representative of
the honest people of Dungarvan.—Tratolord aironicle of
Thursday.

THE REGISTATION, WEST SURREY.—The Re-
vising Barristers for the western division of this county
(Messrs. Richmond and Moore), hold their first Collet this
day, at twelve o'clock, at the Crown Inn, Chertsey.

Thursday the Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan delivered
a long lecture against the Catholics, in .Hope-street Gaelic
Chapel, Glasgow. Mr. Colquhoun, of Killermont, was in
the chair, and the Rev. Mr. Smyth, ofSt. George's, opened
the proceedings, which commenced at one o'clock,, with
prayer. The chapel was crowded till the conclusion of the
proceedings, about half-past four o'clock.—Edinburgli
Evening Courant.

The General Steam Navigation Company's packet,
the Britannia, from Rotterdam, arrived
..off the Ctistom-
house last night. Colonel Leslie and family returned from
the Continent by this packet.

FITZ•EUSTACE DIGNITIES.—The ancient digni-
ties formerly enjoyed by the family of Fitz-Eustace are now
ill process of being claimed by Chetwode Eustace Chetwode,
Esq. (agreeably to the late resolution of a Committee of
Privileges of the House of Lords), as the heir and repre-
sentative of Lord Chancellor Eustace, who was principally
instrumental in bringing about the Act of Settlement.

The French money expended in this country is but
as a shilling in the pound, compared with the monpy
laid out in France.

Mr. Fitzball would have had Covent-garden Theatre,
were it not that the proprietor of the property refused to
allow a diminution of the prices, and Mr. Fitzball would
not take the concern on his harids save this provision were
agreed to. The Theatre, therefore, is yet without a
tenant. Bartley, the late stage-manager, and ci-devant
astronomical lecturer, would become lessee, were the rent
dirnished ; so would half the speculators of the metropolis!
Ducrow, in our opinion, is a likely man to make the theatre
answer, although he would in the attempt degrade the stage
to an arena for piebald ponies, and pigmy Taglion►s on
horseback. We hear that Yates is to superintend the get-
ting up of the new pieces at Drury-lane.

At Ecloo, lately, a lady, 39 years of age, had three
girls at a birth, all of whom are thriving. Two years ago
she had twins, and is now the mother of 11 children.
KING'S LYNN MUNICIPAL REFORM DINNER.
--The celebration of this important measure (for in spite of
all the mutilations it has undergone, we cannot but regard
it as such) took place in this town on Thursday, the 16,
in the shape of a dinner, at the Duke's Head Inn—Au-
gustus Carter; Esq., in the chair ; supported by the Hon.
Major Keppel, Captain Fitzroy, Messrs. E. Clifton, C.
Burcham, J. Townley, C. W. Spurgeon, J. Towel], J.
Pays, W. Selby, H. Reynolds, John and James heed,
J. W. Aikin, C. Willett, W. Wetherhead, jun., H. Jack-
son, Anderson, Boys, Aldham, and Son, C. Durrant,
Binge, T. Jackson, Vice-President, and a highly re-
spectable body of the resident burgesses, to the number of
an hundred and twenty ; amongst whom we noticed many
who had formerly supported the Corporation candidates,
but who now flatly refused to proceed any further with
such a set of amphibious " neither fish, flesh, nor good red-
herring-passengers as those of the Derby Dilry.'" A
letter was read by the Chairman from Sir W. Folkes, one
of the Members for the Western Division of the county,
apologisinc, for his unavoidable absence, as he had fully in-
tended to be present. Many able speeches were made, and
the evening pasSed off with the utmost harmony.

MAGISTERIAL DUELLING.—Last Saturday even-
ing, the Forest of Shirewood was about to be made the
battle-field for duellists. Mr. Abel Mellar and Mr. Un-
win, of Sutton-inAshfield (a county magistrate), were the
two seeking to uphold honour by demanding and offering
satisfaction. Mr. Walkden, of Mansfield, officiated as the
friend of Mr. Mellar, and Mr. F. Hall, of Park-hall, (an-
other county magistrate) that of Mr. Unyvin. Mr. Paul-
son, surgeon, of Mansfield, made the fifth present. In this
was-to•have-been duel were concerned two " Justices of the
Peace ! "—yes; two persons who have solemnly undertaken
to preserve the peace, but 'who went out for the avowed
purpose of breaking it ! And it might have so happened
that one of them had committed murder, and in that event
the other would have been a party to it !—Nottingham
Review.

CONSUNIPTION OF GIN.—At a gin Palace on the
Surrey side •of the water, near Lambeth, where fifteen
hands are employed in serving, it is computed that a guinea
a minute is taken for several hours of a Saturday evening.
The interior fittings of this establishment arc said to have
cost upwards of 6,000/.

We understand that letters have been received from
some of the British officers on tbeii4 way to witness the
grand military review at Kalish, and that they bear testimony
to the marked attention with which they have been treated
in the several towns they passed through.—Observer.

Cleopatra's Needle, it is understood, is at length
arrived in this country, and that it is to be erected in
Waterloo-place. The site on which the Duke of York's
column stands would have been best adapted to receive
this renowned column of ancient grandeur.

Last week, as the Vicar of Abergavenny was
walking along one of the back streets of that town, he de-
tected a man beating his wife with a-stick. The worthy
divine immediately snatched the weapon out of the brutes
bands, and applied it so skilfully and effectually to his back,
that he made him cry for mercy.

On Saturday, between three and four o'cock, one of
the west country barges, named the Anne, laden with malt,
was proceeding down the river Thames, and, when otf Bat-
tersea, a tremendous gust of wind blew one of the men on
board into the river, and the poor fellow, not being able to
swim, sank to rise no more.

ILMINSTER.--Sunday evening the inhabitants of
this town were agreeably surprised at. the arrival of Lord
John Russell, on his wav from London to South Devon-
shire. The bells were 'immediately set in motion, and
several long peals followed, intended as a proof of the pride
felt at the arrival of so distinguished a visitor. His Lo!-d-
ship slept at the George Inn, and on the following morning.
a considerable number of persons were assembled in front of
the Inn, to catch a glimpse of the Champion of Reform.
The churchwarden was waited upon for the keys of the
church, which were refused. on the ground that a resolu-
tion had been adopted at a previous vestry :meeting that

the bells should not be rung on any political occasion. The
church was entered by some forcible means, and the doors
being opened, the ringers entered, and the bells continued
ringing at intervals until the departure of his Lordship from
the town, which took place about eleven. His carriage was
drawn out by hand as far as the turnpike-gate leading to
Taunton, amidst the plaudits of the multitude. His' Lord-
ship then addressed the concourse in a short speech, thank-
ing them for the kind manner in which he had been re-
ceived, arising, he observed, from the unity of feeling which
prevailed respecting the all engrossing question of Reform.
After three cheers had been given for his Lordship, and
three for Reform, the horses were set to, and his Lordship
departed.—Sherborne Journal.

His". Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours and
suite are expected to return to Grillon's Hotel on Wed-
nesday next, from their tour in the North ; and, after a fare-
well visit to their Majesties at the Palace at Windsor, be
will take his departure for France. It was, we believe, in
contemplation for the young Prince to have embarked at
Brighton for Dieppe, to have met the King and Queen of
the French at their beautiful chateau, where they now are ;
but this arrangement has been abandoned, and he will join
the Court at the Palace of Fontainebleau. The Prince
de Joinville has sailed for Plymouth in the Didon, French
frigate, Captain de Parceval.

We hear that Colin Dunlop, E.sq., one of the
Members for Glasgow, has accepted the Stewardship of
the Chiltern Hundreds.—Observer.

MR. O'CONNELL.—At an adjourned meeting of
the letter press printers of Glasgow, held last Wednesday,
an address to the Liberator was agreed to. To-day the
soiree is to be given by the trades in the Bazaar. The
grand dinner will take place to-morrow.

The coasts of North and South Wales have during
the past week been visited by furious storms.

Harvest is about half through in Carrick, and along
the shore much of the grain is already secured in the stack-
yard. •

Mr. Hardy, brewer, of Bridlington, has in his pos-
session a pig measuring fewr feet in height, and ten• feet
in length, and weighing 87 stone.

The courts will, on the present circuits, present a
scene of contest anq animation very different from the
quietude and apathy observable last year.

" BRIEF AUTHORITY."—Perhaps the most appo-
site application of this term may be in reference to the ap-
pointment of an alderman" by the 'Boston corporators on
Monday, who.was unmade by the passing of the Munici-
pal Reform Bill on Tuesday the next day. Truly this is
" brief authority."
,NAMES OF RACERs.—At Warwick Mr. Et-
wall's Revenge beat. Noodle, Black Will, and Fanny—
poor Fanny !—and at Lichfield the same horse beat Travel-
ler and Her Ladyship. - •

The Tories in -this neighbourhood as elsewhere
have been busily employed in sending in wanton objections
to those whom they suspected of being opposed to their
cause, in the hope of winnint, something by taking advan-
tage of those who might be frightened from the approach-
ing contest.—Coventry Herald.

BERLIN, SEPT. 13.—Accounts from Silesia say
that at the review the splendid uniform of the Austrian and
Russian officers attracted particular notice. At the dinner
which the Emperor of Russia gave at Dormange, chiefly in
honour of the two Archdukes, his Imperial Majesty wore
the rihand pf the Grand Cross' of St. Stephen. Besides the
Austrian General there were several English officers at
table, among whom were the Duke of Gordon, the Marquis
of Douro, and Colonel Fox. Prince Vasa has gained great
esteem by his affable conduct.

NEW BuslNEss.—Oid boots ,and shoes are now
purchased by cart loads in New York city, and takCn to an
establishment near Harlaem, where they are manufactured
into Prussian blue, a species of paint very valuable, and not,
until recently, made inothat country.
The dry sultry weather in the early part of the
summer was most propitious for the increase of wasps, and
the fruit, in many places has been considerably damaged by
them, and especially the wall fruit. In places where they
have not been immediately discovered, the peaches and
nectarines have been completely destroyed. On the es-
hte of the Countess of Bridgewater, near Hemel Hemp-
stead, two thousand eight hundred nests have been de-
stroyed, for which sixpence per nest was paid, amounting to
seventy pounds! .

On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held in the
committee-room of. the House of Correction, on the 'body
of William Dawson, aged 35, a prisoner who died suddenly
am:Win-6day. It appeared he hurl hew- admitted on the
31St of August. On one occasion he complained of inter-
nal pains, and also suffered from a difficulty of breathing.
He was taken to the infirmary, where medical aid was ad-
ministered to him, when, he so far recovered as to be able
to leave the infirmary ; but he was advised to return, in
doing which he fell upon the floor, and almost instantly ex-
pired. Mr. Wakefield, the surgeon, opened the body, when
the chest was found to be filled with water. He had been
treated with every kindness and. attention, . and had been a
hard drinker. Verdict—" Died by the visitation of God."
A serious accident from the thisconduCt of an omni-
bus driver occurred yesterday morning to a lad who was
exercising a horse, which, receiving a lash from the whip of
the driver, ran away and. dismounted his rider. The lad is
lying in a state of great suffering and danger.
The r-nort gains ground that a Russian naval force,
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of some consequence, may be expected in
.the English
Channel from the Baltic, with the first shift of wind. The
Mediterranean is confidently mentioned as the destination
of this fleet.

On Saturday, at the Surrey adjourned Sessions, John
Nicholson and William Bowyer having been sentenced to
transportation for seven years, for stealing a quantity of pro-
perty at Lambeth, the thriller prisoner exclaimed with an
oath, that he wished the Bench might sit there till he came
back ; and the other wished all the Magistrates were sent
to the colonies to suffer the same punishment.

SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.—During the thunder
storm on the 21st ult., a philosophical cotton-spinner, in
Cragg valley, went in high glee to consult his barometer,
when lo ! to his great amazement and dismay, he found the
rebellious quicksilver getting up ! In a paroxysm of rage
and despair, he actually turned the guilty instrument topsy-
turvy, exclaiming " I am determined we will have rain."

HUNTING.--We find that our brief notice of hunt-
ing prospects in Hertfordshire, in our paper of the 16th
inst., was less flattering to the followers of the chase than
circumstances warrant. The country lately hunted by Mr.
Sebright will be hunted by Mr. Delme Radcliffe four days
instead of only twice a week. It is Mr. Dalzell, from For-
farshire; who has taken the Puckeridge hounds ; he will
hunt three days a week. Mr. Delme Radcliffe has been
cub-hunting during the past fortnight with extraordinary
success, and both packs will commence the season under the
most favourable auspices.

On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Thompson, residing in
the house of Mr. Anderson, in Finsbury-sqUare, was disco-
vered lying on the fender in her bed-room, and her clothes
nearly burnt off her. The lady is in her 80th year, and
Was so exceedingly infirm that it is supposed she fell into
the lir& The dreadful injuries she has sustained render
her recovery almost 'beyond hope.

Information has lately been given to the Prefects of
the Departments, that several of the fugitive April prison-
ers had just quitted the capital with passports as commer-
cial travellers, but with the intention of leaving France.
In consequence, the Prefects were recommended to re-
double their vigilance with regard to all travellers.

Among the effects anticipated from the railway
mania, is the destruction of hunting in the neighbourhoods
through which they pass. It is generally supposed that the
King's stag-hounds, for instance, will be driven from much
of their country by the Great Westerri Railway.
IRON .TRADE.—On Friday, the 4th instant, at a
meeting of Staffordshire ironmasters, it was resolved that
hoops, sheets, rods, and small rounds, be advanced 10s. per
ton, bars ss. The largest houses in Shropshire have al-
ready advanced their bars 10s. per ton. The Welsh iron-
masters have lately advanced tho price of common bars to
61. per ton, six months' acceptance, or 3 per cent. discount
for, cash.— Wolverhampton Chronicle.
CULTIVATION OF THE BAMBOO IN FRANCE.
—A piece of bamboo, about twelve inches in height, was
planted on the Ist of April, 1833, in a garden at Hieres, in
the department of the Var. It has already produced se-
veral shoots from 20 feet to 26 feet long. The ground irk
which it was set was constantly irrigated during the sum-
mer. One of the shoots which only came out of the ground
on the 3d of September, had obtained 25 feet of elevation
on the 29th of October. Its-circumference at the base was
nine inches, and, at the height of a man, about seven inches
and a half.

Loss OF TILE SHIP EAGLE..L--We regret to learn
the loss of the ship Eagle, Captain Brewer, of and for New
York, from Liverpool. The mate of the ship arrived here
yesterday via Bucksport, and informs that she went ashore
on the 13th of August, at six, p.m., on Cape Sable. The
fishing schooner Warwick, in which he arrived at Bucks-
port on the 26th, left the ship on the 18th, at which time
she had not bilged. The Warwick brought from her a
cargo of dry goods, consisting of broad cloths, merinos,
circassians, &c., valued at from 10 to 15,000 dollars, all or
nearly. all of which appeared to be in a sound state. Cap=
tam Brewer remained with the ship for the purpose of sav-
ing as much 'of the eirgo as possible. The crew were all

I saved, and some of them also arrived in the above vessel
I We understand that Walter R. Jones, Esq., left here yes.
terday afternoon, for the purpose of proceeding to the wreck,
and protecting the interests of the underwriters.

A horrible accident happened at Crews' Hole, St.
George's, Bristol, last week. A poor woman named Bull
went out, leaving her infant, about four months old, asleep
in a cradle in the kitchen, and on one of the other children
going in shortly afterwards, he saw that a pig had entered
the house, and was in the cradle eating the poor infant, and
it was with some difficulty that the voracious animal could
be driven away ! A considerable part of the face and throat
was eaten, and the child died in a day or two from the in-
juries.—Bath Herald.

FISHING EXTRAORDINARY.—A highly respect-
, able gentleman living in Cupar, who holds an official situa-
tion, had occasion, in the performance of his duty, to visit
Newburgh one day last week, and on his return home in
the evening, rode his grey mare Meg (for such is her name)
a few yards into the Loch of Lindores, for the purpose of
giving her water. Meg, in the course of her steps into the
loch, .placed her iron-shod hoof on the " cuff of the neck" of
a tremendous eel, which in its agony wound itself around
the mare's leg, in the same-way that ivy entwines around
the Oak. Meg not being accustomed to the spiral wind-
ings of a serpent around her leg, returned in astonished
haste to the margin of the loch, and shook the monster from
her limb. The gentleman dismounted from his horse, poc-
ketted the eel, and on Thursday last entertained a few of
his friends with a yard and a half of fish.—lVe JoUrnal.
MARCH OF INTELLECT.—We can vouch, (says
the Bristol Mirror) for the authenticity of the following
copy of a letter to Mrs. , from her late servant :
" DEAR MAnnm,-1 cannot enter into the family of the
Hon. —, without returning you many thanks for your un-
steady and dishonourable character. lam truly sorry you
have been so unfortunate in your four cooks since I left, and
trust the fifth will be as indifferent ; but your cruel and un,
ladylike insinuations could have no weight where my re 4
character was so well known.

" From Tour grateful friend,
" P. S. Farewell— • -
" May the turf where thy old reliques rest,
Bear herbs, odoriferous herbs, on thy breast ;
Their beads thyme and sage and pot marjoram wave,
And fat be the gander-that feeds on thy grave.
" My respects to Miss —"

SUICIDE BY A CHILD.—On Monday an inquest
was held at Banbury, on the body of a girl aged 12 years,
named Ann Thorneycraft, who had committed suicide by
taking arsenic,. which she had purchased fbr that purpose.
It appeared that she was naturally a kind and amiably-dis-
posed child, but having been slightly corrected for having
taken some money of her aunt's, with whom she lived, and
given it to her school-fellows, she took it so to heart that
she deliberately went to a chemist's shop with a piece of
paper, on which was written " 2d. of arsenic," and pre-
sented it to the shopman.—He asked her whom it was for,
she said for her aunt, and was immediately supplied with
it ; the written paper precluded all suspicion on the matter.
—Verdict, " Felo de se."-Bath Herald.

On Tuesday, immediately after the al-rival of their
Majesties at the Chateau of Eu, they received the authori-
ties of the town, those of Dieppe and Treport, the Prefect
of the Department, the officers of the National Guards; and
the troops, after having passed them in review in the court
of the Palace, and many public functionaries and persons of
distinction. After the reception the Royal family went in
carriages to Treport, attended by their suite. In the car-
riage of their Majesties was M. Duchatel. They were re-
ceived with enthusiastic• welcome, not only by the authori-
ties, but the whole population of the town. At 2 o'clock
the King, Mademoiselle Adelaide, the Princess Clementine,
and the Duke d'Aumale embarked in the Royal yacht the
Princess Amciie, and took an excursion on the sea, attended
by the Rodcur cutter of six guns. At half-past three the
Royal party landed again, and at four had returned to the
chateau. After a grand dinner of eighty-five covers, their
Majesties received the ladies of the neighbOurhood. On
Wednesday morning the Minister of the Finances, M. Ha-
mann, arrived with his son-in-law, M. de Germiny, and was
immediately received by his Majesty. After breakfast, the
King, accompanied by the Ministers of Commerce and the
Finances, and Messrs. Cailleux, Fontaine, and Vatout, vi-
sited all the apartments of the chateau, for the first time
since the completion of the magnificent galleries formed
under his own direction. At 12 o'clock their Majesties and
Mademoiselle Adelaide, accompanied by the Ministers and
their suite, went to inspect the mills for making sea biscuit
of Mr. Packham, an Englishman, erected on a part of the
King's domain, and which have converted a barren spot into
a productive property. On retiring, his Majesty left a
liberal donation for the workmen. He afterwards passed an

hour in surveying the park, and then returned to the
•chateau to- reci.4vo deputat:ous from tho National Guards
of several of the surrounding communes. At six o'clock
there was another grand dinner of eighty covers, after
which their Majesties continued with the company till nine
o'clock, when they retired.—Messager of Friday.
EDUCATION IN WINDSOR.—A memorial has just
been transmitted to the Lords of the Treasury, on the de-
fective state of popular education in the town and vicinity
of Windsor. It appears that, in this famed abode of
Royalty there are nearly a thousand children of the poor,
entirely destitute of the means of elementary education,
and consequently growing up in a state of heathenish igno-
rance to become the pests of society. •The attention of the
•Mayor and the Members for the borough having been ex-
cited to this glaring and appalling fact, they have memo-
rialized the Treasury for a portion of the Parliamentary
grant voted for educational purposes. Two school-houses
are to be erected on the Lancasterian system ; one for
boys, and the other for girls, which will involve an outlay
of about 500/. ; and it is expected that a moiety of the sum
will be granted by the Treasury, the residue being raised by
private subscription. This spirited proceeding is the result
of a gratuitous public lecture delivered last month in the
Town-hall of Windsor,. by that well-known educationist
Mr. Henry Althans, of Tower-hill ; and it affords a praise-
worthy example to other towns to provide the means of ele-
mentary education for the vorking classes, at a time when
the Government is dispose to afford every encouragement.
CANINE CHARACTERISTICS.—There is at this
time at Bunny, near Nottingham, a very large dog named
Tiger .; he is, however, no tiger by nature, for powerful as
he is he would not willingly hurt a lamb. The stable-boys
in their frolics mount him like a poney ; and the little vil-
lagers no higher than himself dare to pat and stroke him ;
he is, in fact, as good-natured a brute as ever walked on
four legs. Some time ago, Gervas, the keeper, had a bull-
dog, called Bob, which he kept at Bradmore, a sort of guar-
dian to his cottage in his absence, taking him out occasion-
ally when, any poachers were about, and woe to the poacher

. . . . .
that he came near. Bob was as fierce and savage as Tiger
is mild and gentle. One day, Gervase had occasion to call
at a farm-house -in Costock (it being the village wake),
where three faVouritecats were kept, when Bob was with

him ; he was invited in{ but hesitated, warning the master
of the house of Bob's propensities, and stating his fears for
the consequences ; the farmer, notwithstanding, urged him
to enter, expressing full confidence in the valour and claws
of his feline favourites. He had, however, scarcely sat
down, ere, in spite of their spitting and clawing, two of the
cats lay dead on the floor, and the third was with difficulty
rescued from a similar fate. One day Tiger accompanied
Gervase to his couture at Bradmore, when Bob most rudely
and roughly a:ssaulee'd his fellow-servant, without the least
provocation, and bit him by, the foot. Tiger gave his' foot
a shake, and seemed to take no further notice of it. Bob,
however, was about to repeat the insult, when Tiger in-
stantly seized him in his mouth, as a cat would a mouse, or
a lion a sheep, and running off with him as fast as he could,
carried him along the village as far as he thought proper ;
he at last set him down, and allowed him to sneak off, as
much as to say, " Now, you blackguard, get home, and learn
to behave a little more civilly in future."—Nottinghaii;
Review.

PAPER MAKING IN TIBET.—At a little distance
from us, and close to the river, two people are engaged in
preparations for making paper. They have two large bags
of old paper that has been written upon, and manufactured
from the bark of the Latbarua formerly mentioned. A
few large flat stones are placed near the edge of the water,
where a portion of the stream has been divided from the
main current by a low piece of sods. On the grass are two
fraMes of wood, covered on one side with fine cloth, and the
other is open, forming a shallow tray. The workmen begin
by. dipping some of the old paper in the water, then beating
it upon a flat stone with a small round one till it is reduced
to a pulp. One of the trays is then placed in the broad
part of the canal, leaving a space for .the water to run
under it. The pulp is put into a geer pump with water,
and worked into a paste ; it is then poured on the cloth,
and as it is sunk two or three inches in the stream, the,
water rises through the cloth into the tray, and mixing with
the pulp dilutes it. The impurities, which swim, are picked
out, and the pulp agitated by the hand until it is supposed
to be sufficiently clear, when the current of water is lessened.
The workman sees if the cloth be equally covered with pulp,
and if any part looks thin he stirs the water with his finger
immediately over another that is too thickly covered, and
raises a cloud of paste, which his finger leads to the thin
spot, and by making a little eddy, the motion of which be
gradually dininiShes, the pulp is made to subside. By a
repetition of this simple process, the sheet becomes of an
equal thickness throughout, when it is carefully raised out
of the water, and placed horizontally on the ground to dry,
till the greater part of the moisture is drained off, when it is
gradually raised ; and when nearly dry,' the frame is set
upright. When perfectly hard, one corner of the large
sheet is raised from the cloth, and the whole detached by
the hand. However, this paper is very inferior, as to even-
ness, to that.made in Hindustan.—Journey hi Tibet by IV.
Illoorcroft, in Asiatic Researches, vol. xii, 1818.