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ORIGINALITY AND SIMPLICITY. An ad
dress from he commune Of Ergue Gabe-
RE, near Quimper, to the King, composed
in the dialect of Brittany
"To Mr. Louis Philippe, King of the
French-lhc Council Of parish of Ergue
Gaberle. Mr. King-The year 1886, has
been truly unfortunate for us. |. 1t was
that you had three times escaped being
killed. 2. The wind on the second day of
he month of February also blew down
the tower of our parish church. But, by
the grace of God, you have escaped from
all these dangers; and we also hope,
through the charity of good people, to be
able to repair our church and tower. Let
us also hope that in times to come, no per-
son will be found sufficiently wicked to
make mark Of the life of a King. who
causes the happiness of France. Your
humble servants from the middle of our
hearts, and your friends with respect.
"Ergue Gabcric. Jan. 10, 1885,"
Poverty AND IGNORANCE. 4 report
wa, lately made to the London Central So
cietv for education, from a committee ap
pointed to inquire to the state Of education
in some Of the districts in that great Me.
tropois. 1t appears from this report. tina,
in the very poor district of Mary. la Bone,
out of ISIS children belonging to 57G
families, only $40 20 to school, the re
mander being destitute Of the means of
instruction. Out of,he whole it was found
that there were but TAI who could either
read or write, the remaining 1913 being en-
tirey uneducated. OF the above 578 fam
lies, there were 32i who inhabited one
room each
DREADFUL Loss OF LIFE Extract Of a
letter from Liverpool; 1.-THE winter has
been unhappy very prolific in shipwrecks,
attended, IN many instances, with great
loss Of llfe. Two other vessels from this
port to New York, have been los, ere they
cleared the Irish coast. One Of these ca
Iamiies, it is believed. has oeen attended
with mortality quite as awful as any
which occurred in the case Of The recent
New York shlpwrecks. The Jane s. Mar
garet. for New York having on board abou,
two hundred Storage passengers, besides
several cabin passengers, including ladies.
lett Liverpool on he Ssh inst. ., 1Frbruarv. I
She was stout vessel, built IN British A.
merica, and considered in every respec, a
very desirable conveyance. Portions of
the wreck have been picked up and inden-
tlfied as belonging to The unfortunate yes
| sci; and It is to be feared that of the whole
passengers and crew which left Liverpool
IN board Of her only few days previous.
not one has been left to record the history
of / heir suifarlngs.
SINGULAR CASE. The criminal court at
Ma drid was lately occupied with the follow.
ing curious case: The Senhora Mendez
II years of age, had married rich old
mercha Mt, The relations Of the hnsban nd
having bscrved with secret dssalisfactio ion
that the Dung wife would soon become a
mother, en,ieavored to excite jealousy in
the mind of he old man, and, finding their
attempts una valIng, resorled to scheme
for causing the death of the offspring. Fo,
this purpose they administered some drugs
to a large black cat, in order to drive il
mad. and bribed The female attendant o
the Senhora to intt oduce the animal into
the chamber of her IN lstress when she was
asleep. This was don Q, and the animal
beginning to utter dreh dful cries, awokt
the lady, who, fancyIng ersef visited by
ghost, jumped out of bed but before sh,
could take refuge in the adj dining chambe
of her husband was bitten by the inurate'
cat. Her cries brought several parties Il
her assistance, and the wicked Infections q
the relations were frustrated by The ski
and attention of a young medical man, VIII
resided in the house. All the domestic
were arrested, when the femme de chambrt
on being closely examined by the AlcaGf
confessed her share in the plot, and impea
ched her accompllces, who proved to be
female cousin and two nephews of the oil
merchant. The four culprls were eac
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment.
$ The corpse Of General Nina was burie
in full uniform and glass eyes were lnse