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he also promised work to some of them im-

„tstrate, then gave them
something fur their immenutte necessity, and the

rwhit, the ma
1

half-famished creatures appeared very grateful for. the
kind attention shown them and returned thanks with tears

in their eyes

SINGULAR DISEASE OF THE EYE.—A singular case oc-
curred last week at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary. A girl of
sixteen years of age, having applied on account of loss of
sight of her left eye, the cause was ascertained to be the
presence of a living worm or Hydatid (the cysticircus of
scientific naturalists) in the eye, close before the pupil,
which it completely obstructed. This species of animal
consists of a small round bag about the size of a small pea,
from which on one side springs its body, which is a fila-
ment, consisting of numerous rings, and capable of being
elongated and retracted at the creature's will. The body
!clic and head, and the latter is supplied with
suckers. All this was plain to the naked eye

s in a ne

tour latera

in this instance, but appeared still more so when the ani-
mal was viewed through the microscope. As the exist-
ence of such a creature in the interior of the eye not only
prevents vision, but ultimately destroys the whole textures
of the organ, it was resolved to remove it by operation.
This was successfully effected on Saturday last. The pa-
tient behaved with perfect steadiness, and found her vision
immediately restored. The hydatid continued to live for
more than half an hour after being extracted. As only
four similar cases are on record, the worm if 1 eXe...Pt. M ph

!y numerous visito:

ay and medical.—Glasgow ChrOnicle
AN OLD TRICK IN A NEW WAY

k, the tollowit

—During the present
has been_ the general

topic of conversation in the village of 14.;c0nb76;
Thursday week, one of the inhabitants, who has long
boasted of superior wit and wisdom, and who, in his trad-
ing transactions has always exhibited a considerable degree
of jealousy and suspicion, took it into his head to attend
the fair, which is held annually at Wibsev. he had not

ueen tong on we ground oetore ne was accosted in a fa..
miliar style by a pretended " old friend," who offered him
10s. if he would purchase for him a horse, which he
pointed out to him. The prospect of snugly pocketing
lr • • „

.overeign induced this sapient individual to coin::

£l4, and no more, and after a goad deal Of bantering the
bargain was struck at that sum exactly. _ The purchaser

posses

paying for it, and his " friend" not being just then at
hand, he proceeded to Horton, and borrowed three five
pound notes of a neighbour, with which he returned to

'ibsey. The.horsedealer was readily found, and as rea-
ly was the money paid. Another man (evidently an
:complice) was then requested to go and deliver him the
)rso, but upon going to the stable the animal could no-
r- -eturned to the place where he
discovered that he also had

Filled with vexation and chagrin at being
thus defrauded of both his horse and the money, he flew
to the place where he had appointed to meet his " friend,"
and, alas ! to his additional grief, he found that he also
had deceived him, and made himself scarce; and, as a
climax to the whole, the sovereign he had received in
change out of the notes, upon examination, turned out to
be a counterfeit.—Leeds Afercry.

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SIR CHARLESNAPIER AND THE SCINDE PRIZE MONEY
—ln a letter which Sir C. Napier has addressed to ai

evening paper, he says :—" When in India I read that
Mr. Baillie, an East India director, had said, while speak-
ing in a debate which passed in the House of Commons
about Scinde, ' Sir Charles Napier had been sufficiently
rewarded for his services, for he has received seventy
thousand pounds prize money,' or words to that effect.
I wrote to Mr. Baillie to ask him how he could make
such a statement, for which there was not the slightest
grounds, as I never had received a single farthing of prize
money, and that he, as a director, and therefore a trustee,
must know this better than any one. Mr. Baillie an-
swered me that he was not a director, but had made the
statement on the authority of a director. On arriving in
Europe I heard that Sir James Weir llogg was the man,
and I Esked Mr. Baillie, who answered, that it was
Sir James IT • 4- he, 111- T,"'•

her house was entered and the sum of £5O in gold and ___ ..togg ; that .. air. I:Saline was speaking on
silver stolen. Vigilant inquiries were made, but up to the debate, and Sir James Hogg, who sat next to him,
Tuesday no clue had been obtained as to the manner the said, ' Tell them he has received £70,000 prize money.'
robbery had been effected. On that day, however, a youth Now, sir, this Sir James Hogg was not only a director,
in her employment went to her and confessed that he had but I believe he was even chairman of the Court of Di-
been an accessory in the felony, stating that he would tell rectors, and the directors were trustees for the Scinde
her all about the matter if she would not prosecute. She prize money. Therefore the case stands thus i-Ist. This
did so promise, and he then told her that he had been per- Hogg knows perfectly well, ex officio, both as a director
suaded to take the money by a man whom he named, and and as a trustee, that I had not received one farthing of
that they had divided the £5O equally between them. He prize money ; yet he deliberately told Mr. Baillie to assert
then fetched her £24, having spent £1 of his share of the in the House of Commons that I had received £70,000.
spoil. Miss Moore having ascertained the whereabouts of 2nd. He (Hogg) knew that not only had I not received a
the other person, went to a miserable place where he lived, farthing of prize money, but that he and his colleagues
and demanded the remainder of the property. The fellow were at that moment trying to prevent my receiving that
perceiving that he had a woman of too kind a nature to share of prize money which their own regulations awarded
deal with, replied that he had parted with £4 of the mo- to the commander of the forces, and from which act of
ney, and that the rest was buried in a field ; but that he injustice on the part of these trustees I was protected by
would not fetch it unless she promised to let him have the Duke of Wellington, by Lords Ellenborough and
another pound. Having obtained her assent to this bare- Hardinge, and by the Lords of the Treasury."
faced proposal, he went out and in a short time returned ANONYMOUS WRITING.—There is a gross unfairness,
with £l9, which he restored. a virtual tyranny, and a sort of insolence in this outcry
SELECTION OF BUILDING STONE.—The importance of against the anonymous pen. Were the battle perfectly
using care in the selection of stone for building purposes equal and fair, every knight might justly draw his visor,
was not felt till recently—the fact that the same quarry, and ask the like of his foe. But the battle of opinions
of whatever stone it may be, will supply a bad as well as in this country and in these days is not equal. Rank,
a good material was unnoted, and the result is that many wealth, party, and position exercise an enormous sway.
modern structures are in a state of obliteration. Black- Nearly all intellectual power is in some form of combina-
friars-bridge, built of Portland stone, began to show tion or other to give opinion a more than intrinsic efficacy.
symptoms of decay before it was finished. Several There have been times when no man could count on a
modern churches built of the same material retain little day's tenure of property or life, unless he attached him-
or none of their original carving : and some of the mould- self to some chief, some league, or some shrine ; and if
ings in the arches at Hyde-park-corner are all to pieces. he choose none of these, he must at least keep out of
We could even point to a building of the same material the way. That is our case now. If a man is not a peer
not yet finished, where, in spite of more than usual care, by birth, or an M.P. by money, or the member of a dis-
stones have crept in which are not likely to endure any tinguished political family, or a thick and thin partisan,
time ; and yet we all know that the Portland quarries do or possessed of extraordinary physical powers of agita-
furnish stone as lasting and as good as any we can obtain. tion, he will speak and write in vain, The whole vulga-
The appointment of the commission to select stone for rity of the world is against him. Who is he ? What is
the Houses of Parliament, and the report which they he ? And as soon as the question is answered in negatives,
have published, have led to a different feeling on the sub- the writer is dismissed without ceremony. Now, in all
ject, and cannot fail to be productive of advantage. warfare the weapons must be either the same or of equal
Knowledge is now wanted, and that can be obtained only power. Small arms are no match for artillery. If we
by careful inquiry and diligentinvestigation.—Builder. have to contend with disciplined hosts, colossal engines,
DISSOLUTION OF THE ORDNANCE OFFICE.—The and elaborate fortifications, we must have some corres-
Morning Herald of Saturday says,—" It is said that the ponding advantage. That equivalent in our case is a
Ordnance Office is doomed—that the fiat has gone forth, limited degree of secrecy and irresponsibility. There is,
or is about to go forth, for its abolition. It has been however, no conspiracy. Our work is necessarily public.
discovered that the board is a useless incumbrance upon What is prepared in the night is published in the day, and
the state—that the only good of it is to make a certain what is written by an unknown hand is perused by per-
number of appointments, with a Master General at the haps a million readers. The advantage is a certain pre-
head of them, to distribute a certain amount of patronage, sumption of numbers, ability, and deliberation in our
and to create a certain number of jobs; and it is said, favour, with an immunity from mere personal considera-
that, the discovery having been made, it has been deter- tions.—Times.
mined to effect a considerable annual saving, without any ANECDOTE OF JENNY LlND.—During the late visit of
detriment to the efficiency of the Ordnance corps, by Jenny Lind to Glasgow, a little incident occurred, which,
practically acknowledging the right of the Artillery and if it proves less striking than some of the stories which
the Engineers to be regarded as integral parts of the have recently gone the round of the newspapers respect-
army, and by transferring the miscellaneous business of ing the great cantatrice, has at least the merit of being
the department to other offices where it is likely to be less strictly true. Two German girls, resident in Edinburgh,
out of place. If we desire to reduce the Ordnance esti- had come hither by rail for the express purpose of seeing
mates in such a manner as really to confer a benefit on the far-fained prima donna in" La Figlia del Reggimento. '
the country, we must abolish the Ordnance Office itself. Through the politeness of the manager of our theatre,
There is no sort of reason why the military business of with whose family they were intimate, the young enthusi-
the board should not be transferred to the Horse Guards, asts were accommodated with seats in the stage box.
and the remainder to the War Office and other suitable Anxious, however, to obtain a sight of Jenny Lind in
departments. It is believed that some such measure has her own character, they made their way to a position
been determined upon, and we earnestly hope that the behind the scenes, where they knew she would soon pass
report has truth for its foundation. The Ordnance Office on her way to the stage. From this place they were re-
must fall sooner:or later. The sooner, we are disposed to quested to withdraw by some one in the temporary
think, the better. Such we believe is the opinion of the management of the theatre, when, fortunately, the fair
majority of military men, who are entitled to be regarded Swede tripped from her room, with her heart no doubt
as competent authorities." filled with the part she was about to enact, and the large
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET.—In a town in audience she was about to face. All they obtained was a
Oxfordshire, favoured with the existence of one of those glimpse of the bright " star" in the somewhat obscure
systematic structures for the relief of the poor. yclept passage, but it was enough, and the one eagerly whispered
"Unions," not many years ago the following rather sin- to the other,—" Das ist Fraulein Lind !" The person
gular mistake happened :—The chaplain of the union, the in authority was in the act of bowing them away, but the
Rev. —, having been called to a distance on business, language familiar to her in her own native Stockholm,
engaged his friend, the Rev. —, to perform divine ser- where German is much spoken by the better classes, had
vice in the chapel of the union on a certain Sunday. The caught the quick ear of the prima donna, and, turning
latter is an excellent mathematician, but a singularly round, she bounded frankly forward, took both the
" absent" man; and the latter failing or f .culty frequently strangers by the hand, and addressed to them the kindli-
brought him into queer situations, not the least embarras- est inquiries. They stated that they had come all the
sing of which arose out of this very union engagement. way from Edinburgh to see her—a statement which she
Mr. was punctual to the hour in his visit to the town met with the modest rejoinder that she " was not worth
on the morning in question. It happened that the union coming so far to see;" and thus the colloquy went on,
chapel is faced by a Roman Catholic chapel, in the vestry (in German, of course), until the work she had to do,
of which, about the hour for commencing service, walked and the expectant thousands who waited for her entrance
a gentleman, a stranger to the sexton, but showing enough —all seemed to be forgotten in the animated reminiscen-
of the " points" of the profession to satisfy the latter that ces of the " vater-land," The moist eyes of the young
it was some strange " holy father" come to officiate at ladies betrayed their joyful emotion, this was too much
mass for the priest then in charge of the mission. The for the kecu sensibility of the songstress. She clasped
stranger being apparently chary of words, intimated by them in her arms and kissed them with the fervour of a
familiar gestures his wish to be robed, and accordingly sister. The next instant the theatre shook with the
the priestly paraphernalia was speedily displayed upon thunder which hailed her entrance, and ere the tears
the person. Apparently it struck him that he had donned which had paid tribute to her eloquence in this little
rather more ;than the usual vestments for the reading episode were dry, the hearts of the. assembled spectators
desk. He was:absorbed at wondering at his finery, and were thrilled with the glorious ' Ciascun lo dice" of the
busily engaged in feeling the stiff embroidery of his cope, gay and high-spirited vivandiere. This little anecdote
and regarding with wonder the silky texture of his other would hardly be complete if we neglected to narrate that
flowing robes, when another gentleman entered the vestry next day the fair Germans obtained a ready audience with
room, and the following colloquy took place. Second Jenny Lind at the Star Hotel—a favour denied to parties
comer—May I inquire who it is that I have the pleasure of higher note—and were enabled to introduce two youth-
to address ? First comer—By all means ;my name is ful friends, the daughters of our worthy manager, who
, and I have come here this morning to officiate for presented the queen of song with a beautiful cushion,
Mr. —. Second comer—But, my dear air, Mr. —is their own work, with the name " Jenny Lind" elabo-
a clergyman of the Church of England, and this is a ca- retely wrought in gold on the velvet—a gift which she
tholic chapel ! First comer—A what ! Catholic chapel ! acknowledged in such a manner as kto leave on the
So, so. I beg a thousand pardons. I have made a very minds of her young and delighted visitors the liveliest
singular mistake. I thought that I was in the union over impressions of her simplicity, good-nature, and gentdila
the way.— Worcester Herald. warmth of heart.--Glasgow Citizen.