New-York tribune., 1868-07-29
FOREIGN

IL, to a letter from the MarylebOne Elec-
In repgia Mr. Hepworth Dixon has declared him
oral Ayor of manhood suffrage, vote by ballot NM
eOmPuls"{{ {{be borough Mr.. Dixon says he has never
saa V seat Parliament for his mud reVolts from 'lo
souguSt of seeking market for ambition
thousH' ,,onnt of the pension to Sir Robert
Inc hs brrn criticised being inadequate 70 sustain
hspasy Of member Of the Honse OF LSr1s 90 & ta9Te ra9
are ,, was awarded to Lord Cough for MS services
HAo Itcs of MOOdkee, FerOzeshah, ana SODraOh ana
L tne pp',i,n and SeatOn have now each pension OF
Ior m rrsllcrutou Of the military services OF thelr
f!NV Lord lI,rdmge was awarded 45OW, TO be con
uuu br pensions granted 10 those VINO nave served
.on Se out Of the army these sums 90 not snow 70 au
TsntasJt Jt5-r e3lO and an Cabinet Minister whether
pusnt lI-,,,i'rr 80 600 The abolished office OF Au
Peer ireland has for years secured LORD Roden
sneSiSn Of E4OO These pensions however are ior
ife only s.r,
euou, " the Messageries Imperales at stora
arge sc cou" lng two seIPents opeqe3 i!od Da'9a ia
70 lilies ,i. ttpOsted in the warehouse for shipment
ii.re cat ignorant OF what the case contained
iirtoi NO sooner had u done so Ihan Ine ptles
tO1 sf 10 with the rapidly OF an arrow and squeezed
toT,S and commenced the process Of swallowing
l,i l,is serucut seized the dead cat by the head end
~ fem. .lc swallowing the tau end II is wei known
w h, serl outs take INTO their mouth substance OF
,n tn ,gc r conformation of the teeth and jaws is
s6 tst tey ,auot let go their hold. IN the present
rlse both snakes were lhs Drought l3ce 10 ldve e to
- m drcutitiun arrested ana IL became dOubuuI
th .H
now ' gc.ner,te fort To swallow the other. and in
maui n1uc @ @ choked In corroboraton of the above facts
he s, is have been preserved In spirits OF wine The
tt n hc Geological Garden of Marselles going
~ brp 4u action against the MesSageres COmPah! iOl
~ | cf me strp,uts while the owner OF the cat de-
rsnd at its skin least should be given up TO hin as
smuttcI Of curiosity
II is a curious circumstance that we know
hardly about ho private me 9I Jhe 9 most no y, EGaI
English author OF the present time than we 90 on
prarr We know something about he dolhestC Aesi
~ Shakespeare as we do Of Mr. Dickens One OF them
has u h~ tOupCnClu We nave seen 'lCheHei
we have taken hun 10y The hand, we nave st az the SAINT
,b. yif him. Ve know his looks, and what manner OF
clothes be wears u public visitors at HausnIn to M us
- ia IlayeS w hi, own house but still we know very
Ilte about tc individual Dickens We do not know nun
as We kr,y Svili and Fielding. aud Byron and Jean
Irou"s Rolr,s.1 or even as we know Victor Hugo and
Iauariue and authors who are fond OF taxing we
public INTO their confidence or who reveal themselves III
taeir corfeporrpc, as Horace Wapole has done. or as
others are revealed by such faithful reporters as
Boswell boz his life Of Johnson or LOckhart IN MS lIe OF
scott let any one attempt 10 write biography OF
Dickens. aud he would instantly discover how very
mcgcer was hs knowledge OF the man outside OF bis
WORK Bus tins wauI delighted 10 learn, is about
to b@ s,nuIed 10 ar by the only living being who can
edequa, perform the task Mir Dickens, IL is reported
going bostow ls autobiography upon the world He
could not redcr mankind greater service We are sure
VIII prove tEe most delightful piece OF personal history
that has been given % English htcrature-lEXchange
The report of the Commissioners in Lunacy
lately issued records Sj23 patients in the various iusutu
uons oi England and Wales the LIST Of January 1867
against 31g7 in the previous year. The inmates were
distributed as follows; 25,6oO in county aud borough
asyluus 2s2 IN stered hospitals, 2546 in metropolitan
Go IN naval military, aud state criminal asylunlsi OF
these numbers 231 were pauper luuatcs, and 6e52 pr
vale uiatics Since January 1901 55l2 were discharge
recovered aud 33Gj died, including 25 by suicide OF
The gZI3 remaining iu January, 1868, 1884 were deemed
eurauIr. found lunauc by tnqusltOn and 6i5
Vere criminals. In COluCy Hatch Asylum the patients
numbered O3J the lst Of January, 1867 the deaths
lnrin- tDe wear 1867 were ia, aud the number dis
charged as recovered lJj; the admissions during
lhe year were 5Oj On The LIST Of January, 1865
.hcrc were 2,u3J patients, only @ OF whom were
seemeI cuJble. The principal causes Of death were
paralysis. epilepsy. rtl,ls, pneumonia, bronchitis ana
iyhau -'I0u aftcrmald. The mortality lower than
asIa aIuoi females, but CHER among males No less
iuu $50 applications for admission were refused from
November. I-tG. November 1867. The average NUM-
beTs attending chapel go aud S67 women; and
tNJu 500 altogether attended the general enter
.ainucuts. la HanweN Asylum the patients numbered
lzj the let of january, 1861; the deaths during inc
rear 71 and the number discharged recovered
I02 The admissions during the year were 3i4 ON the
ist Of January, letS there LIS patents OF whom
g. Declined Cuuublc At the visit paid by the Com
isSouUus this ass lam u cenber, 1851 the records OF
employment showed that 7s9 OF the patients were en-
p.uyedsZ. and $50 women; of the former, 60
worked the farm aud land and 50 at trades; OF the
apartment and % m the kitchen dairy, ana bakehouse
the chapel attendance on Sunday was about $50, lhe
ssvlum was much OverciOwdcd, and the necessity Oh
making further provision for the pauper lunaucs oI the
county is 4 matter Ol pressing urgency.