Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-18

tive. Her tendency to insanity, which i:
hereditary, is doubtless well known to you, and
any question of such M nent is apt to revive
those melancholy symptoms which the English
regard with real grief.
WHERE THE QUEEN LIVES. q
The following is list of the Palaces and
Castles fourteen in number) appertaining tC
the British Crown Windsor Castle, Frogmore
Cumberland Lodge, Cranbourne Lodge, 0s.
borne Castle, Claremont House, Hampton
Court, Kew Palace, Kensington Palace, Buck,
ingham Palace, St. James Palace, Balmora
Castle, Hollywood House, Dublin Castle.
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.
The cattle plague is constantly decreasing
The report of the number Of animals attacked
for the week ending March 10, was 6,5lS fol
the week ending March II, it was 6,26l and
for the week ending March "a, (the latest re-
port, } it was but 4,7O4. This rapid decrease i:
said to be owing to the stringent laws against
the removal of cattle, and commanding the
immediate slaughter of diseased animals, lately
passed by Parliament. The total number O
animals attacked from the first appearance O
the disease until March q was 209,022, o
which but 29, 2S6 recovered.
SHORT ITEMS.
Prince Alfred has left here for Germany, tC
visit the Duke of Saxe-C oburg- GOtha at Co
burg.-The Court is in mourning for the ex
n T,,gt bu
is ill.-Dr. Colenso, the recusant and belliger,
ent Bishop of Natal, has announced his inten
ton to maintain his Episcopal rights by law
and to enforce the payment of his salary
Thirteen acts have passed Parliament so far
this session.-It is proposed to present a testi
monial to the venerable artist, George Cruik
shank. He is 70 years of age, and thoroughly
deserves public recognition. Mr.. Ruskin head'
the enterprise.-The Covent Garden Opera
troupe are to open with Verdi's "Ballo in Ma
schera," Mario taking the principal part.
New BooKS.-From the publishing house o
D. Appleton & Co., New York, we have re,
ceived the following new books, which are fol-
sale by Woodhouse & Parham, of this city,
{" The Idle Word" By Edward MeyricR
Gaulburn, D. D. Prebendary of st. Paul''
Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford, and one o
her Maiesty's chaplains in ordinary. This
volume, of two hundred and eight pages,pcon
sists of short religious essays upon the gift Of
speech and its employment in conversation.
1co in En0lan1
is so well regulated that we may, nine times
out of ten, reasonably expect an English book
to be a meritorious book. This is Of that class
and its merits are of high order.
"Triumph of the Catholic Church in the Early
ages" By Ambrose Manahan, ID. This is
handsome volume of five hundred and sew.
enty-two pages. While its chief aim is to in.
struct young Catholics in " the antecedents
Accomplishments and consequences of the first
establishment" of that faith, its interest is not
confined to that class of readers. 1t touches
themes that are above sectarian prejudces. II
presents and discusses subjects in which all
christendom is interested. 1t presents and dis.
cuSseS them in the most captivating manner, IN
language graphic and glowing, and with an at,
fluence of illustration and learning that will
allure the reader from page to page and chap,
ter to chapter, until he finds himself at the
end. The philosophy of this volume consists
in the mastery and striking contrasts it draws
between Pagan and Christian civilization. The
bigot and sectarian may turn from it because
it is defence of Catholicism, but the more
liberal man of letters will be attracted to it by
its elegant, luxuriant and scholarly diction and
the great amount of history and ancient learn
ing with which it abounds.
"Indian Corn--ItS Value, Culture and Uses"
By Edward Enfield. This admirable volume is
noticed at length in another column. 1t deals
with great subject in manner so entirely
satisfactory that we cannot reconcile it to our
sense of its value to dismiss it without an ade-
quate tribute to its merits.