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| Lettsrs from Konigsburg state that fseah dis
turbance have broken ont there, among the oper-
atlves, but the particular nature Of there griev
ances is not mentioned
The Prussian government has nearly COM
pleted the organization of consisory on the re
ligious dispated I'M Germany, and has placed at
the head Of it NJ Bethman Holweg, an orthodox
protestant.
We have bad accounts of the corn harvest in
Russia, Poland, and most parts Of Germany
but we apprehend the deficiency is somewhat
overrated
The Duke of Wellington has been on visit
of inspection to the principal harbor fortfoaiions
of England. ,att4f,,.,, -,f,o,
Mr.. O'Connel is laboring with great zeal in
favor of repeal. He addressed meeting Of 8O,-
GOO persons at Mayo, on the lSult. lig, II
The ship Mary Of Liverpool, was wrecked on
the 24th of May, near Bass Straits, South AZ
rica, and the passengers, IL in number, and part
of the crew, were lost t..t.Y
DR.. Lardner, in a letter to the Times, dated
Paris, Oct. l6, denies that he ever, on any occa-
sion, made statement to the effect that to cross
the Atlantic by steam was mathematically impos-
sible. .3YI5tFII4dh @iQ aM8II
The police of Lyons have arrested band Of
false coiners, and seized all their tools and impe-
ments. They had carried on their nefarious
business in that city for fifteen years without
| suspicion.
The imports Of sugar into Great Britain up to
this time exceed those Of 1874 by "a 900 tons,
Of which IO,7O0 from the Manritus, 500 from
the East Indies, and 1000 foreign, produced by
free labor. The increase in consumption, for
the same period Of eight months has been "a 900
tons.
The Zoll Verein treaty isatlength finished, and
will speedily be made public /" 1fti 9iiaH
The Royal mail steamship Cambria, which
reached Liverpool on the 26th from Halifax and
Boston, brought even seamen in irons, part Of
the crew Of the British barque, Chaplain, belong
ng to Cork, who had been given up by the Uni
ted States authorizes, under our treaty with that
country, for examination in England, upon
charge Of aggravated munity, and of attempt-
ing to sink the vessel they were navigating. sg
The day for the banquet to the Hon. Mr. Vii
liers, the distinguished advocate Of free trade, is
appointed to take place on Thursday. the / 9th Of
November. The demonstration promises to be a
most important one, both in regard to the num-
Der, rank, and influence of those who will be-
present. II Ie9.3;t. t..f .fel3efgsa et, oajfltoT
ANECDOTES OF CELEBRATED PHYSI- "a
CLANS.
In the year 1860, an odd physician by the
name of Cadogan flourished. His medical
fame increased very slow, and being in
somewhat indifferent pecuniary circumstan-
ces, he married a wealthy old lady, over
whose fortune he had an entire control; like
most mercantile marriages, it was not of the
happiest kind. The old lady had a suspic-
ion on her mind, that the doctor would one
day poison her with his physic in order to
get her out of his way, and feeling i'll on
one occasion she exclaimed that she was
poisoned. g Poisoned, said the the doctor,
to number Of friends who were present
/" how can that possibly bei, Whom do
you accuse of the crimei" ".Youo replied
the indignant wife. g Gentlemen,' said the
doctor with considerable nonchalence, " il il
perfectly false, You are quite welcome to
open her al once, and then you will discov-
er the calumny!'' Il' sr ma NJ 81,
DIR. Fothergill was celebrated physician
Of London, who began to practice in the
year l74O, of great skill, much charity, and
a peculiar gravity Of character. just before
his death, a gentleman of Cumberland, an
intemperate man, possessed of few christian
virtues, applied to the doctor for advice,
Fothergill, who knew the character of the
man, but chose to conceal his knowledge,
inquired what was the ailment, to which lhe
patient replied, he was very well in health,
eat well, drank well, and slept well, but
wished to know how he might be guarded
against sudden snaps, The venerable. phy-
slclan, feeling supreme contempt for SO
dissolute and abandoned character gave
him prescription for his complaint, in the
following deserved reproof: ado Justice,
love mercy, walk humbly with thy God, and
do not snap the bottle too often.n n. ..,..
1t is related also of DR.. Fothergill that
he was likely to be prevented from finishing
his toilet on Sunday, owing to the non-ap-
pearance of the barber-a circumstance which
brought on the fgdgets. A friend who was
by, observing his disquietude, remarked
that his servant Emanuel could shave him:,,
with the fire and quickness which sometimes
overcame him, he hastily replied, " If thou
meanest to observe authority in thy house,
never suffer servant TO take the by the
nose"
i DIR. George Cheyne was another English
physician in rather extensive practice, and
who died in 1743. Amongst his patients
was the distinguished Beau Nash. who, on
being asked one day, by Cheyne, if he fol-
lowed his late prescriptiOn replied in the