The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

TERMS,

Pupils under Twelve Years of age, Thirty-five Guineas per an.
Under Fourteen Forty t, , t
Above Fourteen Fifty If
f t
Washing and Mending Linen Three tw tf
Seat in Church One o•
The Modern Languages and other Accomplishments, on the
usual Terms. Bach Young Gentleman has a separate Bed,
and is required to bring Sheets and Towels, and to have his
Linen marked in full. A Quarter's Notice previously to the
removal of a Pupil.
Tue SCHOOL will RE-OPEN on the 25th JANUARY instant.

NE w BRIGHTON COLLEGE'
NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.

Rev. J. BAYLEE, D.D.
PRINCIPAL,
Rev. D. J. POGGI, D.D.,
(Removed from Seacombe House, Seacombe).
EXAMINERS,
Rev. R. WILSON, D.D.,
Dean of the Royal College of Preceptors, and late Fellow
of St. John's, Cambridge;
J. PARKER, Esq., •
Secretary to the College of Preceptors.
This Institution provides, at a moderate expense, a com-
plete course of Education, qualifying Young Gentlemen for
the Universities, the Military or Naval Services, the Medical
and other Learned Professions, or for engagine in Commercial
Pursuits. With this view the College is divided into several
progressively ascending Departments, each conducted by its
appropriate Master. The whole of the system is based on
sound Scripture principles. Pupils are admitted from the age
of Six to Sixteen. The Domestic Arrangements are under the
care of the Principal's Family, who neglect nothing to pro-
mote the well-being of the Pupils. The Building of the Insti-
tution occupies one of the most salubrious positions in Eng-
land,—a statement well attested by the extremely rare cases
of illness among the inhabitants of New Brighton. The con-
stant superintendence of the Principal ; the arrangements of
the Institution; the advantages of Sea Bathing, combined
with the pure and bracing air of this locality, furnish every
reasonable guarantee for the health and literary improvement
of the Pupils, who will re-assemble (D.V.) on the 24th of
January, 1854.
For Terms, apply to the Rev. Dr. Pooot, New Brighton,
Cheshire.

KING WILLIAM'S COLLEGE,
ISLE OF MAN.

The Rev. GILNIOUR HARVEY continues to Receive into
his House a Limited Number of YOUNG GENTLEMEN,
who have the advantage of Education at a Public School (the
pupils of which have highly distinguished themselves at the
Universities, and the Naval and Military Colleges), combined
with domestic comfort.
Mr. HARVEY'S Boys are under his personal superinten-
dence; and his established character of 20 years' standing
enables him to refer, with satisfaction and confidence, to
parents of rank and high standing who hat e had, or still have,
sons under his charge.
College Prospectuses may be obtained upon application to
CHARLES B. BUCHANAN, or D. C. BUCHANAN, 2, Rumford-
place. Liverpool.

C OLLEGIATE INSTITUTION,
ABBOTT'S GRANGE, CHESTER.

JOHN BRINDLEY, LL.D.,
Formerly Second Master of the Grammar School, Brigg ; and
Head Master of the Oldswinford Hospital Endowed
School, Worcestershire.
VICE-PRINCIPAL—The Rev. THOMAS WADDINGHAM
M.A., late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. ,-
CLASSICAL MASTER—LAWRENCE CRAVEN, WA., Scholar
of Trinity College. Cambridge ; Bell Scholar, First Class
Classic, and Senior Medallist, 1853.
ASSISTANT MATHEMATICAL MASTER—G. H. SWEEPING,
8.A., Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge.
FOREIGN MASTER—LIONEL BANKS PENLEY, formerly
Member of the French and German Universities.
PROFESSOR OF MUSIC—SIGNOR ANTONIO SAPIO, Gra-
duate and Associate of the Royal Academy of Music,
London ; and formerly Pupil of the Conservatories of Paris
and Naples.
CIVIL ENGINEERING AND SCHOOL OF DESIGN—JAMES
CORDER, Member of the Royal Academy, Somerset-house.
COMMERCIAL MASTER—IL KEARY.
EXPERIMENTAL CHEMISTRY—JAMES MACAULAY.
MEDICAL TUTOR—GEO. CHURCHILL WATSON, M.D.,
M.R.C.S.Ed., L.A.C., and late Lecturer on Forensic Medi-
cine, at the School of Medicine, Dublin.
BOTANY—T. C. ARCHER, M.R.C.S.L. (Attendant Master).
DRAWING MASTERS—J. CORDER and T. B. PENLEY.
DANCING—EDGAR WEBSTER.
SUPERINTENDENT OF OUT-DOOR CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE
—Vacant.
SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN—LEONARD ADDISON.
RESIDENT SURGEON—G. C. WATSON.
MEDICAL ATTENDANTS—LLEWELL N JONES, M.D., and
Mr. GEORGE HARRISON.
TERMS :
Including instruction in Greek, Latin, French, German,
Mathematics, Navigation, Military Mathematics, Surveying,
Chemistry, Botany and other branches of Natural Philosophy;
Singing, Drawing, Dancing, and Drill; also the charges for
Laundress. Stationery, Drawing Materials, Seat in Church,
and ordinary Medical Attendance, printed Books and Instru-
ments alone being found by the Pupils :
Under 12 Years of Age 4O Guineas per Annum.
Above 12 and under 15 Years of Age 50 „
Above 45 Years of Age 6O
If
Private Pupils
The VACATION will TERMINATE on the 25th instant.
A full Prospectus will be sent on application to the
SECRETARY.

PREPARATORY SCHOOL, THE LOWER
HALL, TARWIN, NEAR CHESTER.
PRINCIPAL :
THE REV. E. H. PRICE, 8.A.,
St. John's College, Cambridge.
The PREPARATORY SCHOOL is for a limited number of
Pupils, from about 7 to 12 years of age, who will be thoroughly
grounded in English, French, Latin, Greek, and Mathematics.
TERMS:
For Resident Pupils (payable Quar-
ttqly in advance)
These terms will include, as at the Abbott's Grange Institu-
tion, Drawing, Dancing, Music, Stationery,Drawim.v, Materials,
Washing, and ordinary Medical Attendance.
Each Pupil will have a separate bed.
A Quarter's Notice, or a Quarter's Payment, required before
the removal of a Pupil.

MULBERRY-STREET SCHOOL,
ABERCROMBIE-SQUARE.
Con,lucted by Mr. JAMES HICKIE (Author of a Key to
Hutton's Course of Mathematics) and Mr. HENRY JOHNS,
both well known in Liverpool as successful Teachers.
This School has, since its opening, continued to increase in
numbers. as cell as gain in character.
The system adopted at the outset.,and since steadily adhered
to, was to impart a sound Scientific and Commercial Educa-
tion, not by seeking to accomplish great things, but by con-
scientiously endeavouring to do all that is really practicable,
well. .Tliat this object has been attained may be best inferred
from the subjoined notes, emanating from parents of Pupils
at present in the School: to these might be added (if conve.
nient in an advertisement) a long list of references to parents
wno have expressed their satisfaction at the progress which
their sons have made, and are making, in this establishment.

Birkenhead, Cheshire, Nov. 14, 1854.
Dear Sirs,—My son has been under your instruction for
nearly two years, and I feel it only due to you to say how
highly I appreciate the great improvement he has made in all
his studies. When I recal to mind his former sad backward.
ness, and compare it with his present condition, I am satisfied
that a system which has resulted in such a marked change
must be a good one: therefore accept my sincere thanks for
all your kindness and attention to my son.—And believe me,
dear Sirs, yours most truly,

CHARLES HAVES HIGGINS, M.D.,
F... 5. of To Messrs. Hickie and Johns,R 17,C MulbeErry•gl stn ~ Liverpool.
1, Oxford-street, Nov. 30, 1853.
Gentlemen,—My son being about to leave school shortly, I
deem the occasion a suitable one for acknowledging how
greatly I am pleased with his progress since he has been under
your care.
Your judicious system of instruction, and especially. your
attention to mental development, cannot but result in the
certain improvement of your pupils. Wishing you all the
encouragement your energy and merit deserve. I am, Gentle-
men, yours very faithfully, E. STATTER, Surgeon, &c.
To Messrs. Hickie and Johns.
18, lace. Dec. 3, 3.
Dear Sirs,—More than a reaPembroke-r having -e
lapsed since m 18y5 son
became one of your pupils, I have now great pleasure in con•
gratulating you on the marked progress lie has made in each
branch of his studies i which taken as a test of your mode of
instruction, nothing, in my opinion, could be more successful.
—I am, dear Sirs, very faithfully yours, PETER CONOLAN.
Messrs. Hickie and Johns, Mulberry-street School.
• VACANCY for TWO BOARDNES, at 50 Guineas per 1
Annum.
The SCHOOL is now RE-OPENED.

[PRICE FIVEPENCE

Mutation.

SCHOOL, by the Rev. WM. WHEELER,
Incumbent of St. Anne's Church, 28, GILD/al.-STREET,
isfington. Terms :—One Guinea per Quarter.

AMARRIED CLERGYMAN, M.A., without
Family, a good Wrangler, and Head Master of a large
endowed Grammar School, receives Eight Private PUPILS
into his House, to educate for the Universities or otherwise.
Terms .eBO per annum under 14, e7O for relations.—For
testimonials, references, &c., apply to K., Standard-office.

ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL.—Head
Master, the Rev. DAWSON W. TURNER, M.A., late
Scholar of Magdalen College Oxford. Assistant Masters,
G. H. PUCKER,
M.A., of St. John's College; B. A. IRVING,
M.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge; A. GLYNN, 8.A., St.
Peter's College, Cambridge; D. GLASS, T.C.D.
The SCHOOL will RE-OPEN on SATURDAY, the 28th inst.
For terms for Boarders and Day Boys apply to the HEAD
MASTER, 90, Lodge-lane, or at the Royal Institution, Col-
quitt-street.
The Second and Third Masters also take BOARDERS at
their House (near the Royal Institution), 49, Seel-street.

CLASSICAL & COMMERCIAL ACADEMY,
16, HUSHISSON-STRERT, LIVERPOOL.—Mr. RICHARD
HOUGHTON, M.A., RE-OnNED his SCHOOL on Tuesday
last, the 10th instant. Lectures are delivered during the
Half-year on Astronomy, Electricity, and the various branches
of Natural Philosophy.—Prospectuses and Testimonials from
the Professors of the different departments of Literature in
the University may be Lad at the Academy.

WEST DERBY SCHOOL, under the
ManageMent of the Rev. A. RAMSAY, M.A., Trin.
Coll. Camb., aided by efficient Masters.
This School will be RE-OPENED on TURSDAY, the 31st
instant. Cards of Terms, and Prospectuses explaining the
Course of Study pursued, may be obtained on application at
the Residence of Mr. RAMSAY (in Hayman's-green), who
receives into his house a limited number of BOARDERS, in
all respects treated as members of his own Family.

COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION,
LLANDOVERY.
WARDEN—Rev. D. JAMES, Ph.D., M.A., F.S.A.
SECOND MASTER AND MATHEMATICAL TUTOR—R. G.
WILLIAMS, B.A.
THIRD MASTER—
Tuition Fees 8 Guineas per Annum.
This Institution, chiefly intended to prepare Students for
St. David's College, Lampeter, and the Universities. will RE-
OPEN on MONDAY, the 30th instant.
'BOARDERS (who are under the constant supervision of the
Masters) can be accommodated in the Town upon reasonable
terms.
For further particulars, apply Ito the Rev. the WARDEN,
Llandovery, South Wales.

pIAN O-F ORTE AND FLUTE.-Mr.
SHEPPARD'S Professional Duties will be RESUMED
00 MONDAY next, the 23d instant.
Attendance in Liverpool, Everton, Toxtetb-park, Prescot,
Egrernont, and Seacombe, on the usual days.
2, Church-street, Egrewont, Jan. 14, 1854.

SINGING AND PIANO-FORTE ACADEMY.
—Mr. JOSEPH ROBINSON'S ACADEMY DAY for
YOUNG LADIES EVERY TUESDAY, at his Residence.

The Terms as at Schools, namely :—Piano-forte, Eight
Guineas per Annum ; Singing, Ten Guineas.
No. 2, PERCY-STREET,
(ONE DOOR FROM CANNING-STREET.)

NOTICE.—MR. JOSEPH ROBINSON.—.
Mr. J. ROBINSON respectfully informs his Pupils
and the Public that, in consideration of their taking LESSONS
at his own RESIDENCE, he will in future make a Reduction
in his Terms, by giving Twenty-four Lessons to the Quarter,
instead of Twenty-one, as formerly.
Gentlemen can receive Lessons in the Mornings or Even-
ings, as may be most convenient to them.
No. 2, PERCY-STREET,
(ONE DOOR FROM CANNING-STREET.)

lIRAWIIVG AND PAINTING.—Mr. HI NT's
I CLASSES for DRAWING and PAINTING will RB-
COM M ENCK on NA EDICESDAY, the 25th instant, at his Aca-
demy, No. 31, Oxford-street, Abercromby-square. Gentle-
men's Class on Thursday, the 26th.
PRIVATE LESSONS GIVEN.—SCHOOLS ATTENDED.
31, Oxford-street.

MUSIC ACADEMY, 16, STAFFORD-STREET,
conducted by Mr. CROWE (Professor of Vocal Music,
Liverpool Collegiate Institution,) and Miss CROWE.—Tbe
LADIES' CLAsses for SINGING and MUSICAL GRAMMAR
will RE-COMMENCE To-MORROW (Wednesday,) the 18th
instant. PIANO-FORTE LESSONS the same day.—Pro.
spectuses may be had at the Academy.

DANCING c AND CALISTHENICS. Mr.
and Mrs. GIDDENS beg to inform their Frinds and
rupils that their ACADEMY, 37, li OPR-ST Rawl., REOPENED
on THURSDAY, the 12th instant, atTwo o'cIock.—EVENING
CLASSES, MONDAY 8.7. FRIDAY.—REUNION On THURSDAY•

DANCING & CALISTHENIC EXERCISES.
—Messrs. HARWOOD and SON respectfully intimate
to their Friends and Pupils that their ACADEMY at Chester,
at the Albion Assembly Rooms, was Re opened on Monday,
the 16th ; and that their other ACADEMIES will be Re-
opened at the Craven-rooms, Birkenhead, on Wednesday
next, the 18th; Nelson-street, Great George-square, on
Thursday, the 19th ; and Southport, on Friday, the 27th
instant.

At the request of their Friends, Messrs. ILkitwoon bare
made arrangements to OPEN ACADEMIES at No. 10, Miles-
street? Peel-street, Toxteth-park, on Wednesday and Saturday
Mornings ; and at Mr. Flint's, Whitefleld-road, Boundary-
lane, West Derby, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at Noon, where
Cards of Terms may be obtained, or at their Residence,
42, NELSON-STREET, GREAT GEORGE-SQUARE, _
LIVERPOOL.

DANCING, DEPORTMENT, and CAMS--
TH ENICS.—Mr. and Mrs. MOLYNEUX beg to inti-
mate, that their ACADEMIES are now OPEN. at the ROYAL
ASSEMBLY-ROOMS, Great George-street ; 5 Hamilton-street,
BIRKENHEAD; and at the Large Room, adjoining the King's
Arms, Hotel, EOREMONT. Mr. and Mrs. MoLYNaux's
EVENING ASSEMBLIES, every THURSDAY, at Eight
o'clock, at the Royal Assembly-rooms. GENTLEMEN'S
CLASS, for Instruction, every MONDAY Evening. PRIVATE
LESSONS at anyhour. Cards of Terms may be had at the
Rooms, or at 4, Hardy-street, Great George-street.

DANCING AND DEPORTMENT.
_ _

All the DANCES now in vogue are TAUGHT, in the most,
fashionable and eleitant style, by

MR. ARD Milk O'DWYER?,
AT THEIR ACADEMY,
23, GREAT GEORGE-STREET.
Classes every MONDAY and THURSDAY Evening, at Eight--
o'clock.
Private Lessons given at any hour, on application to 23,
Great George-street.

DANCING *AND CALISTHENICS:-
MESSRS. JOSSET and DUGIT respectfully inform
their Friends and the Public, that their ACADEMIES will
RE-OPEN as follows :

WOODSIDE, (Craven-rooms,) the 21st inst, at Half-past Ten
o'clock ;
RocK FERRY, (Mr. Huntriss's Hotel,) the 25th instant at
Eleven o'clock ; ,
DUKE-STREET, No. 104, the 26th inst, at Two o'clock;
And DEVON-STREET, No. 1, the 26th instant, at One
o'clock.
EVENING CLASSES and PRIVATE LESSONS in DUKE-
STREET and DEVON-STREET.

lIIVERPOOL MECHANICS' DTSTITUTIONeIy
SCHOOLS are NOW OPEN ; nam,
The HIGH SCHOOL, The GIRLS' SCHOOL,
The LOWER SHOOL, The INFANT SCHOOL,
AND
The EVENING SCHOOL.
A Prospectus, containing a fully detailed statement of
terms, &c., may be had on application.
W. NICHOL, Secretary.
Motint-street, sth January, 1854.

I 4IVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
EVENING SCHOOL.

DRAWING CLASSES.
In order to afford increased facilities to Pupils desirous to
enter .upon the study of DRAWING, an Elementary Class
has been Opened for beginners, in connexion with the Pint
Section of the Evening School, at fees of 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d.
Ter quarter. This Class meets every MONDAY, TUESDAY,
HURSDAY, and FRIDAY EVENING, from Seven till Nine
o'clock.
The Drawing Classes, in connexion with the Second Section
of the School, also meet four times a week, on the same days,.
and at the same hours. In these Classes instruction is given
in Geometrical, Perspective, Model, Architectural, and
Machine Drawing' ; Outlines of Ornament, and the Element.
of the Figure ; Figure and Ornament from shaded examples,
and from the Round ; Colour Painting, Landscape, Flowers,
and Modelling. The Fees in the Second Section are ss. and
6s. 6d. per quarter.
The attention of Artists, Architects,Carvers, Decorators,-
Chasers, Glass Stainers, Engravers, Lithographers, Model-
lers, and all others engaged in the production of articles in
which beauty may be regarded as nn important element, is
confidently directed to this department, as calculated at once,
from the strictly systematic and comprehensive character of
the arrangements, and the abundant supply of the very best
examples for study, to afford a most efficient education for
their several purposes.
The CLASSES for ENGLISH, PHILOSOPHY,THC,-
MATHEMATICS, NATURAL NAVIGA-
TION, &c., in the first and second sections of the Schools,-
meet as usual.
In the third section CLASSES meet as follows:
GERMAN Monday.
GYMNASTICS Ditto.
FRENCH Tuesthey and Friday.
VOCAL Music Wednesday.
LATIN Thursday.
SPANISH Ditto.
DANCING Ditto; and for
CHEMISTRY
should• a sufficient number of
desirous of studying this important suhject.
statement of
A Prospectus, containing a fully-detailed
terms, &c., may be had on application,..„H__,
goi, Secretary.
W IV
Mount-street, sth January, 1854.5pluopnilisayparensdeNnihrsednaisYetives

IVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
4 A LECTURE on CONGREGAIIONAL MUSIC will
a
be delivered in the 111EcHANics' INSTITUTION, on WEDN ES-
DA y Evening, the 18th instant, at Eight o'clock, by HARRY
A. EWER, Esq.
The Lecture will be illustrated by the
whom un.
M sk Willobi
supplied for use in the Rontp.. Members and Ladies, b
scribers to the Institution, will be admitted Free
....t "
ranger
to pay 6d. each W. NICHOL
Mount-street, 10th January, 1854. , Secretary.

ILAONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAY.—OXFORD TERNI.—PASSENGERS can be
BOOKED THROUGH to OXFORD on FRIDAY and SATUR.
DAY, the 20111 and 21st instant, by the Train leaving Liverpool
at 1.15 p.m., arriving at Oxford about 9 p.m., at the ordinary
cl Fare
ass. s.
15s Liver
pool to Oxford, first class,
20s. Id. ; second
. Bd.
General Manager's Office, 12th Jan., M. By Order.

,ence. In the meantime we would
tportance of securing the means
Let no one who is gaining an in-
Ttioni thialc that he has done his

, dependent on him, until he has so
far secured them against the loss which his •death would
occasion, and he may then perform his avocations with
more success, because he would enjoy that peace of mind
which results from having done the best his circumstances
affords.

RETIREMENT OF SIR 1?. H. INGLIS
FROM THE REPRESENTATION OF
THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY

Ow Saturday, a letter was received by the Vice-Chan-
cellor from Sir Robert Harry Inglis, M.P., announcing his
intention of resigning his seat for the University before
the meeting of Parliament. The reason assigned is the
delicate state of the hon. baronet's health. The intelli-
gence was announced at ten o'clock to the Heads of
Houses and Proctors assembled in the Delegates'-room,
previously to opening the first convocation of the term,
and from them spread shortly among the few residents
now in Oxford. Various rumours are afloat as to Sir. R.
H. Inglis's probable successor. Mr. Roundell Palmer and
Sir William Heathcote are mentioned as persons one or
other of whom is likely to be brought forward by those
who have lately supported Mr. Gladstone, while Lord
Chandos and Lord Blandford are spoken of on the other
side. The names of Mr. Cardwell and Dr. Twiss have
also been mentioned. Nothing definite is known at pre-
sent, but it is generally presumed that there will be a con-
tested election. Sir Robert Inglis has now represented
the University for twenty-four years, and in nine Parlia-
ments, having been elected upon Sir R. Peel's resignation
of his seat in 1829.

ELECTRIC SHOCKS TO MINISTE-
RIAL FEELINGS.

(PROM THE PRESS.)

THE statement which appeared in some of our contem-
poraries to the effect that great confusion and inconvenience
had been causedupon the English and foreign telegraph lines
by the recent frosts and snows has received confirmation.
The messages despatched during the intenser weather
appear to have run into one another, changed contents or
addresses and to have arrived in fragments, or huddled in
heaps, as the case might be. Our excellent contemporary
the Journal of Science accounts for this in a way which,
though we do not profess to understand it the least in the
world, seems to us perfectly satisfactory. The accomplished
writer says :—" The wires got connected either by icicles
or by sheets of frozen snow. Now, though water is a
conductor, ice, which partakes of the nature of glass, is
not, and therefore,_ at first sight, it would be difficult to
say why any disturbance of the electric current has taken
place. But consideration shows that, though ice in an
abnormal state is a non-conductor, ice, subjected to electric
action, and exposed to the air, becomes charged with
hyposulphurous acid, which, reacting upon the wire, gene-
rates a precipitated hydriodic, or even bichloride of
insoluble pyrophosphoric acid, by which limited decom-
position is at once set up, and connexion established."
The confusion being thus accounted for, we may proceed
to mention a few of its results. _

Lord Palmerston received the following message from
Belgium .1—" The Czar is delighted with your long-tried
fidelity, and begs you to persevere. One more tangle of
diplomacy and his fleets and armies are safe for the winter.
Your earldom ought to be made a dukedom." The noble
Viscount could not conceive for whom this gracious mes-
sage was intended, but felt it his duty to lay it before the
head of the Government, who crumpled it up rather has-
tily, said it was nothing, and changed the conversation.
The Home Secretary went out, humming the Vaudeville
air, " Qu'as to done, mon Leopold ?".

The Earl of Aberdeen received a despatch, to the sender
of which he could obtain no clue ; but it congratulated him
on having irremediably damaged the Cabinet by resigning,
and then returning, in order to place both the Radical and
Peelite Coalitionists in a false position ; and the despatch
also intimated the pleasure with which its author would
look for certain merciless "explanations" which would
smash the Ministry. 'lt ended, Surge, carnifex."
Mr. Gladstone received a message from an indignant
country schoolmaster, who addressed the receiver as some-
body who had a valuable and highly influential journal,
in which there ought to be an exposure of the blundering
balance-sheet just issued in regard to the quarter's revenue.
The worthy pedagogue explained the various muddles and
miscalculations with the greatest precision, and added
that, if any boy in his bookkeeping class had turned out
such a thing, it would scarcely be an act of humanity to
offer that boy a chair for some days after he, the master
had seen the production. The hon. gentleman tossed the
letter out of the window, and the wind being north at the
time, it was blown in at a window of the Morning Post,
where capital use was made of it.
Lord Cranworth received a message from Windsor
telling him to come down to see the palace theatricals, and
his lordship was getting ready, when somebody informed
him that Lord Derby would be there, upon which the
Chancellor immediately decided that the message was a
hoax, and unpacked his carpet-bag. But ultimately it ap-
peared that the order was really from Court, and his lord-
ship went down, with great apprehensions, however, lest,
by way of entra'acte to Money, Lord Derby should ask
him for Ministerial explanations. However, as the earl,
so far from introducing such topics, very good-naturedly
explained the piece to Lord Cranworth, and disabused his
mind of the impression that Mr. Charles Kean was Mr.
Charles Matthews, that the play was a pantomime, and
that it ended with Mr. Webster smothering Miss Leclercq,
and being killed with a poisoned foil, after fighting with
Mr. Mac Somebody in a Scotch kilt,. the Lord Chancellor
went away a good deal comforted.
Lord John Russell received a sort of invoice message
that his order had been attended to by the foreign tobac-
conist, that 1,000 prime cigars had been forwarded on ac-
count, and it was hoped that these would last his lordship
for a week or so, until the other 9,000 could be packed.
Lord John was very much disgusted, but sent the message
to the Foreign-office.
Sir James Graham received an extract from an address
somebody or other made to his constituents at an election,
in which that person stated that "he regarded every per-
sonal sacrifice light in comparison with the sacred duty of
defending the Protestant Church, of combining education
with religion, and of defending the monarchy against the
inroad of democratical principles ; he was the enemy of the
ballot, and opposed to a further extension of the elective
franchise." Being naturally suspicious, Sir James
regarded this as a " sell ;" but, happening to turn to a file
of papers, he found that the above was actually a portion
of his own address to the electors of 1841. Of course he
burst out laughing, and threw the letter into the fire.
The Marquis of Lansdowne received a letter from Man-
chester, of which he could only make out the words, " As
you have told us in confidence that you will bid very high
for our support, you shall have it, and lead the next Minis-
try; but we must all have places, as we have bided our
time long enough. I must be Home Secretary, B. must
be Foreign ditto, M. G. must have the Board of Control,
and we shall want five or six other places for smile clever
managing clerks of our own, who will be useful in the
house. Except yourself, we'll have no lords in the
Cabinet." The marquis uttered some little classical quo-
tation—it might be something about servorum pecus—
and, marking the letter with a great " !" sent it to Ches-
ham-place.
Sir Charles Wood received a mercantile-looking
letter, desiring him on receipt to go into the City and
buy three hundred printed handkerchiefs, twelve barrels
of cured herrings, a ton of preserved cranberries, twenty-
six pounds of mould candles (long sixes), two warming-
pans, a dog-kennel, and a kitchen-range, and send them
off per canal. Sir Charles, who always does exactly as he
is bid, dashed off in a Hansom, made all the purchases,
and then bethought him that he did not know where to
send them. His train of logic gradually convinced him
that the message had not been for him, but for the agent
of some country general dealer. The vendors, however,
refused to take the things back, so poor Sir Charles has
them all on his hands, and his household is living on
herring-pies and cranberry tarts till further notice. The
handkerchiefs are to be distributed to the Liberal members
when the Howe meets, though it is rather thought they
may come up prepared to give whipes to the hon. gentle-
r man and his colleagues.

BELGIAN TARIFF.—By a Royal decree, dated the 31st
December, 1853, the following articles are allowed to be
imported free of duty into Belgium : —Until the 31st of
July, 1854, all sorts of bread, breadstufl's, and cattle ;
until the 31st of December, 1854, all sorts of lard and
meat (not especially named in the tariff). Prohibited to
be exported until the 31st of July, 1854, are—potatoes,
lentils, pease, and beans. .By another decree of the same
date also coals are to be admitted until further notice
duty free.
THE JENNY LIND MANIA.—At Boston a man solemnly
announced a tea-kettle, which he christened the Jenny
Lind, from the fact that the moment it was filled with
water and put on the fire it began to sing ! The coachman
who drove the warbler from the railway to the River
House, mounted the steps of the hotel, and extending his
hand, said, " Here's the hand that lifted Jenny Lind out
of the coach, gentlemen ; you can kiss it any of you who
choose for five dollars, children half-price !"—Bunn's New
England and Old England.
TILE ART OF MAKING COFFEE.—As soon as the
operation of roasting is completed—an operation which
requires care and attention not to have It overdone—the
coffee should be ground at once and diluted. The subtle
aroma which resides in the essential oil of the berry is
gradually dissipated after roasting, and of course still
more after being ground. In order to enjoy the full
flavour in perfection, the berry should pass at once from
the roasting-pan to the mill, and thence to the coffee-pot ;
and again, after having been made should be mixed,
when almost at a boiling heat, with the hot milk. It
must be very bad coffee indeed, which, if these precau-
tions be taken, will not afford an agreeable and ex-
hilarating drink.—Knighton's Forest Life in Ceylon.

EARLY RISING IN TRE COUNTRY.-At early dawn—
even at this season—we rise to the voice of the chanticleer;
and spring from our place of rest to examine the prospect
from without. If it be wet and drizzling, we, like the city
folk, at once return to our bed ; but if it be frosty, or snow
is seen to fall, then do we rise betimes to view the glory of
the scene. A splendid sight is a frosty morning ! How
beautiful are the sparkling brilliants, pendant from the
twigs and the sprays ! What fantastical shapes do we
see in the objects formed by the rime, richly reposing on
the shrubs, trees, and evergreens, until resolved into its
elements by the rising sun ! And when the day has
broken, and a gleam of bright light illumines the scene,
what a picture of loveliness does there not lie before us !
As for snow, and its effects on the whole face of the coun-
try—its brilliant scintillations, its romantic embodiment
of fairy conceptions, its endless diversity of colours, seen in
the various rays of light emitted by the sun in his feeble
light—of snow we could be eloquent for a twelvemonth.
These, and similar treats, await those who reside in the
country and who love nature.—Ksdd's. Journal of Nature.

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