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LONDON LETTERS. ———.——— Everyone who has read tlie" Life ofCarlyle" remembers the thrilling incident of the accidental destruction of the first volume of the History of the French Revolution." It seems that Mr. Geodnll, R.A., has just narrowly escaped a similar catastrophe. He has bfl»n absent from home, nnd during the interval his painting-room caught tire, and his great picture of "Misery and Mercy, just finished, nearly perished in the flames. It would h»v i done so but for the courage and devotion of his wife, who managed to drag out the huge canvass into the garden. huge canvass into the garden. There is again talk of an immediate change in the editorship of the Daily News. Mr. Lucy is said to be leaving the post which he has, I think, filled rather smartly, though not brilliantly. On the whole, the Daily Keles ha3 improved since Mr. Hill's time, though it has not got back to the level of its best days. There are new and able hands at work on its political leaders, and there is more firmness of tone than formerly. But the reporting is still bad, the news is very imperfect and often late, and the paper does not show much enterprise. Moreover, it has lost one or two features. Mr. Andrew Lang does not write for it so constantly as in the past, when his brilliant literary essay was an almost daily delight, and the days of Archibald Forbes are over. Mis. Crawford still brightens i's columns with Paris gossip, and occasionally there is a fair special article. But compared with the 8tandald. or even the Telegraph, the Daily JYews hal dly seeius up to the mark. The Olympic Theatre has passed through some curious episodes in latter days. It is recorded that Mrs. Conover lost over £50,000 in an attempt to entertain the public there. That is, perhaps not particularly remarkable. Other people have lost large sums in the house, and Mrs. Conover had only to hold on to excel them all In misfortune. What is remarkable is the fact that Mr. Terry during a short season should have worked the house at a profit, which no one else has been able to do for a great many years. The Olympic stage, which has borne heavy villains in heavy plays for many years past, has been swept away and re- placed by a tank. Some millions of gallons of water have been poured into the aforesaid tank, and on the surface of the water, which, by the way, is to represent the River Thames, tiie action of a drama is to take place. To put it briefly, the proprietors of the Standard Theatre have trans- ferred The Dark Secret" from Shoreditch to Wych-street. As a written play this drama is con- temptible. There is novelty, however, in its situa- tions, and the representation of Henley Regatta with its boat race, its steam launches, and its live swans ought to fetch the holiday makers. Mrs. Brown Potter, the American beauty, who burst upon us with so much splendour at the Hay- market Theatre last week, has proved an igno. minious failure. The Haymarket is the most popular playhouse in London, yet Mrs. Potter has managed in ten days to play the house empty But for the friendly offices of the paper hangers-on of the establishment, it is highly probable. that no occupant would be found of either stalls or circle. Yet the lady is rich in rare and radiant beauty. I "Man and Wife," however, is an out of date play, and Mrs. Potter, to do herself justice, must appear in another piece. On Wednesday evening Mr. T. P. O'Connor was standing with his back to the library lire medi- tating upon the wickedness of men. A letter was placed in his hand. It bore the Glasgow post- mark, and contained a slip of paper inscribed with one single word. That word was Murderer." Mr. T. P. O'Connor sighed, handed the paper to an English member, and then dropped the fragment into the fire. The hon. member for the Scotland division of Liverpool is now more than ever con- vinced of the wickedness of Englishmen, aye, and Scotchmen too. # A new amusement has been imported into the Crystal Palace as one means of helping to raise its fallen fortunes. This is the Canadian winter pastime of tobogganning. Just as it was sought to make skating independent of frost and ice by means of the asphalt skat.ing rink, so tobogganning at the Crystal Palace has been made independent of frost, or snow, or the steep hill-side, by means of a long wooden slide on a steep gradient. In this manner the Cockney is able to experience something of the peculiar delights of tobogganning without any of its dangers, and they are probably as far removed from the delights of tobogganning in the snow-clad hill-side as the pleasures of roller- skating come short of the reality. Last night I met a gentleman who was formerly a colonel in the army, who has medals—Crimean, the Turkish War, and the Indian Mutiny, who was the second man in the Redan, who led more than one gallant charge, who was several times mentioned in dispatches, and was recommended for the Victoria Cross and the C.B. What do you think he was doing ? Loafing in a West-End club ? Not at all. He was canvassing for orders for a book published in monthly parts, and entirely dependent on that work for his living. Thus Eng- land rewards her heroes. If he should fall ill and die in a workhouse there would be an outburst of indignation in the papers and the thing would be forgotten. Writing of canvassing reminds me that I know of the sister of a certain deceased baronet, remarkable for his learning and culture, who goes about selling tea and exists on the commission paid her. I should add that the colonel I have referred to was a staff-officer, that he is and always has been a sober man, and that the only thing against him is that he left the army in disgust and offended the Duke of Cambridge, when the rewards for which be was recommended were refused him. It is pleasant to see how readily Lord Iddes- leigh's political opponents contribute to the national memorial which is about to be erected. That Lord Ardilaun, Lord Ashbourne, Mr. Balfour, Sir Thomas Gladstone, Mr. Beresford-Hope, and even the Earl of Ravensworth, who is a Unionist, should contribute is only natural in every sense of the word. But Sir William Karcourt has given jE5, Lord Arthur Russell JE3, Lord Spencer three guineas, Mr. George Russell a sovereign; and when the memorial is erected it will be really and truly national. Lord Iddesleigh, in truth, was not partisan enough for the hot heads whom he led. Mr. Labouchere is a very remarkable man in some ways, though not quite so remarkable as he thinks himseif. He likes to be before the public and to attract attention, and on Tuesday he achieved that feat by a very peculiar coincidence. Mr. Labouchere, as the public reports testify, was in bodily presence in Hyde Park on Mondayj shouting and declaiming against the Government, as became a mob orator of the first order. How comes it, then, that he telegraphed from Rams- gate to Cardiff to excuse his attendance at a no- coercion meeting there on Tuesday, on the ground of a sore throat ? Mr. Labouchere was able to 8» cak loud enough on Monday, despite his affec- tion of the throat. Did he catch it in posting d.'wn .0 liamsgate? I wish him speedy recovery, and would mildly suggest that he should try to* effect of silence for a while] ? even from good w-jrds. w-jrds.

Yr wyf bron yn sicr o fod wedi darganfod ystyr wreiddiol yr enw Llundain." Mae llawer o chwilio wedi bod am ystyr yr enw yn mhob oes, ond nid wyf wedi gweled un ag sydd wedi bodd- loni neb. Yn awr, dywed Fuller, yn ei Charch History, fod gan yr hen Frytaniaid deml lie y saif I St. Paul yn bresenol i "Diana," ac i'r gweithwyr, wrth gloddio sylfaen v deml yno, ddyfod ar draws llawer o gyrn creaduriaid a aberthwyd, yn ddigon tebyg, i "Diana." Yr enw Cymreig ar "Diana" oedd Dian, a. thebygol iawn yw taw Llan Dian yw ffurf wreiddiol yr enw Llundain." Gwyr pawb irmi nid Cymraeg yw yr enw eglwys," ond llygriad o enw Lladinaidd. Yr enw Cymreig am leoedd o'r fath yw "llan" a cyssegr." Mae gwahanol farnau am ystyr yr enw Ilan. Cawn yr enw yn cor-lan, gwin-llan, ac yd- lan. Ond tebygol yw mai ail ystyr yr enw llan a gawn yn y geiriau uchod. Galwyd hwy yn lanau am eu bod wedi eu dethol a'u murio o amgyicli tuag at amcan arbenig. Yr oedd yr hen Frytaniaid yn addoli ar leoedd uehel. Golygent mai anmhriodol oedd addoli y Creydd ond yn yr awyr agored—yn ei deml fawr Ef ei hunan, ac awyrgvlch yn do iddi. a'r lloer a'r ser yn luserni iddi y nos, a'r haul y ddydd. Tebygol yw mai am mae ar ben y mynydd neu fryn y safai y deml i addoli ynddi, y daeth y lie i gael ei alw yn "Lan "-sef "i'r lun." Diau v golygai ein henafiaid eu bod with deithio "i'r lan" i addoli, yn dringo raor belled ag y galient fyned ar eu ffordd tua Nef y Nefoedd. Rhyw olygfa swynol a thrydanol oedd canfod y Cymry, yn dorfeydd mawrion, yn esgyn i fynu i'r bryniau i gyfarfod a'r Tad Tragwyddol. Mae yr hen ddrychfeddwJ yn aros yn y frawddeg Feibl- aidd, Myned i fynu i dy Dduw." Nid oes neb yn siarad am fyned "i lawr" i dy Dduw, er y diction bod yr egiwys neu y capel mewn pant. Mae y darllenydd yn cofio hanes Siul yn chwilio am y prophwyd Samuel, a'i gael yn ninas Supb a myned sydag ef i'r Uchelfa, lie y ben- dithiai y prophwyd yr aberth. Mae yn cofio, hefyd, hanes Balaam, yn myned i le uchel i felldithio Israel—i regu yr hwn ni regodd Duw." Mae holl hen hanes crefyddol y cenedloedd yn gystal a'r luddewon, yn profi yn nmlwg taw a'r laoedS uchel yn yrawyr agored, yr addolai yr benafiaid. 11- Mae uchelfa fawr yr hen Gymry i'w gweled tu draw y Berthlwyd, ar ben craig Crawshay, y tu deheuol o Bontypridd. Gelwir y lIe heddyw Maes- y-Crug, o herwydd y tw)))p;it,i) aruthrol sydd yno I ar y cae. Amlwg yw mai Gwyddfa yw y twm- path. Mae pant rhwng y twyn a Thy Mab Ellis, a gelwir ef Cwm y Pebyll. Yno, yn ddigon tebyg, y gwersyllai ein henafiaid ar v gwyiiau, pan wedi ymgynull i'rcymmanfaoeddagynelidar y Wyddfa ac o'i hamgylch. I # Gwneir i fyny y gair Cysegr o ddau air, sef c-ys a sfgr-Cys (y'nghyd), segr (peth santaidd) gan hyny, gwelwn taw ystyr y gair "Cyssegr yw y'nghyd a phethau santaidd. Beth oedd y pethau santaidd lkyny, Nid oedd gan yr hen Gymry Feibl ond Llyfr Anian gan hyny, amlwg yw taw pethau anianol oedd y pethau trwy ba rai y deuant i gysvlltiad a'r pethau santaidd. Ei dau brif wrthddrychau, fel offerynau addoliad, oeddynt arch faen a phelvdrau yr haul, a eilw v dysgedigion yn Helio Arkiie religion. Mae rhii dysgedigion wedi bod mor ofergoelus a chredu taw Noah wedi oi ddwyfoli a olygir wrth yr haul mewn cysylltia.d a'r arch yn yr hen gredo, ac mai arch Noah yw yr arch y sonir am dini gan y Cenedloedd. Nid yw yr arch hon yn ddim yn y byd ond y ddaear fel cell yn yr hon y cedwir hadau y ddaear mewn diogelwch am dymhor y gauaf, ac o'r hon eu gollyngir allan yn y gwanwyn trwy ddylanwad yr haul-deuant allan o honi, yn wrryw a benyw, wrth eu rhyw- ogaeth. Mae gwirionedd o fwv o bwys na phlaid ac enwad. Y gwir yn erbyn y byd" a ddylai fod yn arwyddair pob Cymro. Bydd marw pawb ond y gwirionedd a erys yn dragwyddol. Portre- adai yr hen Gymry yr arch hon yn y gauaf, yn long foel yn nofio ar y tryblith gauafol; oud trwy y cwbl yn cadw yn fyw yr hadau. # Yr wyf wedi clywed 'stori ddyddorol iawn, sef bod Arglwydd Tennyson wedi ymserchu cymaint. yn hen arwyddair cenedlaethol y Cytnru, sef Y gwir yn erbyn y byd," fel y mae wedi ei osod o amgylch pen porth ei balas, yn yr Isle of Wight. Nid wyf yn hollol sicr bod yr hanesyn canlynol yn wirionedd, ond y mae," fel y dywedir, "yn wir i fi." Pregethodd Periglor Llanilltyd-Faerdref un nos Sul gydag hwyl anarferol. Torodd un o'r hen frodyr allan i floeddio yn yr hen ddull o dan y weinidogaeth, a bu Mr. Richard Jenkins bron a myned i fifs oherwydd yr hyn a olygai yn anweddeidd-dra vn ymddygiady brawd tanllyd. Nafeduyliod neb mai Mr. Jabez Evans a dorodd allan i ganmol. Nid efe a ddyehwelodd at ei gariad cyntaf 0 dan ddylanwad y 'ffeiriad hyawdl, er y dywedir ei fod yn dynesu yn nes ati bob wythnos. Ond un arall a gafodd fwy o'r Rhin oag a ullasai ei lestr dda), a llefodd allan mewn canlyniad. Ond mae yr hyn sydd ddigrif ar ol i'w ddyweyd, a dyma fe:—Mae son yn yr ardal y bwriedir myned tua Chroesced. at y prif ynad, i geisio cwys (summons) yn erbyn y brltwd fu mewn hwyl i ddyfod i ateb o flaen y llys yn y Bont am gadw mwstwr yn Eglwys Illtyd Sant! Ond mae ein pregethwyr yn gytfredinol yn achwyn bod llawer rhy fach o fwstwr am eu pregethau yn y capelau y dyddiilu marwaidd presenol; ac os ca y brawd ei daflu allan o'r synagog am fyned i hwyl yno bydd yn dda gan un o'r capelau cyfagos ei dderbyn, canys bydd yn aiueuthyn clywed ei Amen soniarus. Enwrhyfeddyw Croes Cêd. Fa ddichon taw Cross y Gad, neu frwydr, yw gwir ffurf yr enw. Ond mae y lie yn agos i odre Cwm v Pebyll, y sonir am dano uchod, ac nid yw ond ychydig o ffordd o Wyddfa Maes y Cryg. Ced oedd un o enwau yr arch gyda'r Cymry. (Gwel Davies's Mythology," p. 632.) Yr oedd y diweddar enwog wr, y Parch Dafydd Rhys, Llanelli, yn olygydd un o'r misolion Cym- reig. Derbyniai bob math o ofynion oddiwrth ei ddarllenwyr, ac achwyniadan yn ami. Un tro, derbyniodd o ryw ardal achwyniad bod pregethwr yno yn "troi topu" yn He tori ei wallt yn dduwiol. Atebodd Mr. Rhys fel y caolyn :_h Yr wyf fi yn foddlon i bob dyn fod yn ben ar ei ben ei liun, a thrin ei wallt fel y myn. Ond os bydd mwy o ol trin ar ei wallt imc ur ei bregeth, yna gwnawn ei gondemnio." Yr oeddwn yn Trefecca ar aelilvEui o agoiiad Capel Coffadwriaethol yr enwog Hy wel Harris. Y Parch. Edward Matthews, Penybont-ar-Ogwy, oedd wedi casglu yr arian utdalu am y gorchwyl. Syndod yw ineddwl am y gwasanaesh ag y mae y gwr da hwn wedi ei wneyd i'r cyfundeb! Yr oedd yn bresenol yn y cyfaifod yr henafgwr, Williams, Llanwrtyd," y pryd hwnw tua phedwar ugain a phedair ar ddeg. Galwyd arno i fyned i flaen yr esgynlawr i anerch y dorf fawr, yn enwedij? y myfyrwyr ieuainc. Cynghorai bregeihwvr ieuainc i lafurio, a phregethu eu gwaith tm hunain bob amser. "Pan oeddwn yn ddyn ieuanc," ebe, "byddwn i a bechgyn eraill yn myned yn foreu iawa I gyrchu calch mewn certiau. Byddem yn ceisio dychwelyd yn 01 o'r odynau calch heb lymaid o ddim yn y byd net cyrhaedd ty Shon o'r Wern, yr hwn a gadwai j "home-brewed" rhagorol. Daeth son roawr am home-brewed y gwr o'r Wern, a daeth galw mawr am v ddiod. O'r diwedd bu fclion mor anffodus a phrynu diod estronol a. gwerthu hwnw yn lie ei home brewed ei hunain. O'r amser hwnw dechreuodd Shon golli ei gwsmeriad. Chwi fyfyrwyr," ebe yr hen batriarch, "gofalwch am home bretped yn eich pregplhau; y foment yr ewch i Loegr a Gertnani am eich pregethau yn lie i'r BeibI, chwi goltwch eich cwsmeriaid." Mae yn anmhosibl cyfleu dull digrif yr hen Williams pan yn tiaddodi yr uchod. Yr osdd Mr. Matthews a Dr. Edwards, o'r Bala, yn ceisio r;u ho!! egni i edrych yn sobr, ond gorfod iddynt, fr-1 eraill, dori allan i chwerthin yn galonog. Yr oedd i mi yn beth awgrymiadol darllen hanes tarw yn cael ei anfon o genfaint y Frenines i Bontypwierbyn Gwyiiau y Pasg. Trorid yr hoil dref allan i'w dderbyn. Nid wyf yn golygu nad elsai y Pontypwliaid allan i roesawu buwch yn dyfod o'r fath genfaint urddasol ag eiddo ei Mawrhydi Victoria. Eto, mae tarw rywfodd yn golygu nerth ac urddas. Dichon mai am hyny y gelwir teyrnas Lloegr yn Shon Pentarw, neu John But!. Ond yr oedd y tarw a'i groesawiad yn dwyn ar gof i mi auagylchiad yn hanes yr Aipht. Pan oresgyn<>dJ Cambyses, brenin Persia, wlad yr Aipht, a phan gyrhaeddodd ef a'Î fyddin fudd- ugoliaethus ddinas Memphis, cafodd yrholl ddinas yn nghanol gw-yl fawr grefyddol. Mae yn debyg fod yr lioll wiad yn cynal yr wyJ hon ar y prvd, a bod hyny wedi bod yn foddion i wnerd ei fuddugoliaeth yn hawddach. oblegid fod yr Aipht. iaid yn rhy grefyddol ar y pryd i ymladd a'r gelvn—gosodent fTydd o flaen gweithredoedd. Wedi myned i ddinas Memphis anfon- odd Cambyses am yr offeiriaid, a gofyn- odd bet-h oedd ystyr y dapla* a.'r gor- foledd ag oedd ar droed. Ein Dnw," oedd ateb yr offeiriad, "sydd wedi dyfod i r ddinas. Eich duw ebe Cambyses, "vi welais i dduw erioed. Dygwch ef yma i mi ei weled." Yn mhen tipyn arweiniasaut darw i'w bresenoldeb. Crechlefodd Cambyses yn gellweirus pan pi gwelodd, a brathodd ef i farwolaeth. Arswydodd yr offeiriad, a thystiasanty byddai i ryw anffawdj oddiweddyd Cambyses yn fuan. A ehyn j pen hir ar ol hyny aeth Cambyses yn wallgof, a'r farn oedd mai cosp oedd hyny am ei bechod vsgeler. Mae yn naturiol gofyn, Beth a oiygai yr Aipht-1 iaid anianyddol wrth y tarw hwnw yr hwn a alwent yn Apis? Yr ateb yw, taw arwyddlun o r haul yn y gwanwyn oedd. Yr oedd yr haul yn codiarddechreu y gwanwyn, ar y pryd hwnw, yn urwydd sidyddol y "Tarw" Golygai yr Aiphtiaid mai trosglwyddydd mawr bvwvd oddi- wrth y Creydd oedd yrhaul. Edryciient, am hyny, ar yr arwyddlun sidyddol ynyrhwn y byddai yr haul yn y gwanwyn fel trosglwyddydd neu gyf- ryngydd y bywyd hwnw a ddadebrai y ddaear o i chwsg gauafol !t.lt. hwn a ffynonellai o r Duwdod i'r ddaear trwy yr haul. Filoedd o flynyddoedd wed'yn, codai yr haul yn y gwanwyn yn arwydd yr Oen (Aries). Am hyny, gosodwyd arwyddlun arall, sef Oen, yr hwn a aiwent fupater Ammon, yn arwyddlun o gyfryngydd yn lie y Tarw Apis. Yr hyn sydd yn hynod yw bod yr luddewon ar yr un tymhor yn lladd oen, Ref Oen y Pasc. I'r Cenedloedd yr oeud yr oen yn y gwanwyn yn arwydd o fywyd oddiwrth Dduw, ond i'r Iuddewon yr oedd yn arwydd goffadwr- iaetholo ddiangfa 0 gaetliiwed yr Aipht. Mae yn sicr bod y Cymry gynt yn gosod alian yr haul yn y gwanwyn ar lun "tan. a galwent. ef Tarw Eigan. f:- Cyfryngau ineddyliol ydyw geiriau, ac yn yr hen umseroedd, yr oedd ffijjyrau fel y thai uchod yn arieredig i gynorthwyo geiriau i drosglwyddo drychfeddyliau i ddeail y lluaws. Pan ddaetli Cristionogaeth i'r byd yr oedd yn ofynol, er ei deall, i'w phregethwyr arfer geiriau ag oedd, hyd y pryd hwnw, wedi bod yn arferadwy i osod allin ddrychfeddyliau Paganaidd, eyr. y buasai yn ddealladwv i'r werin. Fel yma y daeth llawer iawn o nigyrau barddonol paganiaeth yo., fligyiau efengylaidd. Egwyddor fawr diniweidrwvdd ydyw Cristion o^aHtli. Gyda. golwg ar nerth corpllorol, nertii mewn gweudid ydyw hi. Mae yn rhyfedd mai pan ddaeth yr haul i godi yn arwydd yr oen, yn y gwanwyn. y melltenodd Cristionogaeth i'r byd, ac y mabwysiadwyd y ffigyr 0 Oen i usod allan adnoddau arbenig Adnewyddydd mawr yr hen ofifeiriadaeth. Pwy a wyr nad cyfnod Aries, neu yr "Oeo," a feddylir wrth gyflawtider yr amser ?, Mae genyf hanesyn na ddigia neb wrtho. Yr oedd brawd gan Daniel Rowlands, Llangeitho, ag oedcl yn rhy half o'r cwrw. Yr oedd hyny yn blino ei wraig I\'i blant. L' oed,t yn arfer dy- chwelyd tua chartref dros heol lied unig, a phen derfynwyd ei ddychrynu, gan obeithio y byddai i hyny achosi iddo "gadw gwell oriau," fel y dywedir. Gwisgwyd gwas mewn diHad gwynion, digon tryChioliaethol yr olwg arnynt, yn nghanol nos. Ratodd y drychiolaeth yn agos i ochr yr heol. Disgynai goleuni tyner y lloer yn daistnw ar y Ilanerchlonydd. Safai y drychiolaeth wen fel post. Yn mhen tipyn clywid swn cerddediad Rowland yn dynesu yn araf. Pan welodd yr yspryd edrychodd arno yn ofnadwy. "Hoi!" ebe fe; "Hoi! Holo Nid atebai yr "yspryd" yn Gymraeg na Saesonaeg, Edrychodd yn graff ar yr yspryd wedy.o a dywedodd, "Os mai yspryd da wyt ti wnei di ddim i fi, canys wi'n frawd i Daniel Rowlands, Llangeithio; os taw'r diawl wyt ti, wnei di ddim i mi, canys wi'n briod a dy chwaer; ond os inai dyn wyt ti, look out!" a chvda'r gair gollyngodd ei ffon tuagato. Neidiodd yr yspryd or neilldu, a ttwrdd ag ef nerth ei wadnau. # « Mae ambell ihen bregethwr wedi defnyddiocyd- mariaethau hynod cyn hyn. Mr. Dafydd Griffith, Merthyr, hen wr ag. y mae'n half iawn genyf wrando arno, a ddywedodd :—" Oes yr inventions a'r engines ydyw hon. Ond pwy sydd wedi gwneyd engines fel Duw V Dyna'r fuwch: gosodir gwellt mewn un pen, a daw allan yn llaeth o'r pen arall! Dyna i chi engi De! Beth yw ystyr yr enw Llewelyn? Ai "Llew elyn"—hyny yw, "Helvn Llew," sef y Llew, arwyddlun Lloegr- Fe ddichon mai hyny oedd mewn g-olwg gan Gryffydd Ap Llewelyn, pan roddodd yr enw i'w fab, sef brenin diweddaf Gwyneud.

THE HOG MUST BK SAVKD. An old sailor recently spun a yarn to the Martha's Vineyard Herald, in which he said: "A spanking biveze was driving the ship, everything drawing alow and aloft, when the cry, • Man overboard,' startled the ship's company. The captain came on deck and, lookitg over the tafYrail at the rapidly receding object anJ observing the good speed the ship was making, said, • Poor fellow, Uod help him; I'm sorry for him, but we must take ad. vantage of this bieeze in the interesr. of the owners.' Just then a sailor who had been on the look-out ran aft and said, Captain, it was not a man, but. it's a hag.' Aha," said the captain, 'hard a-port, back the mainyard, clear away the boat, and save that bog.' GOOD THAT DON'T GET 1:Ii. w. S. Gilbert, the I'ompo,oer, is good at repartee One of the test of hi) repartees was hurled at Mr F. C. Burnand, the editor of Punch. They were at a press dinner in London, and Burnand was I responding to a toast. Gilbert, who sat at the other end of the table kept talking while Burnand was speaking, and attracted fhe attention of a number of guests who were inten' on what he was saying. Burnand wag considerably annoyed, and finally said: "Gilbert., what are you relating down there; some of the good things you send to Punch that don't get in ?" This thrust put the laugh on Gilbert, but he instantly retorted: Well, Burnard, I don't know who sends the good things to Punch, but they evidently do not let iD,"

PARIS, APRIL 13. j It Is always interesting, according to Victor Hugo, to try and see behind a wall where some- thing is going on. The peeps behind the wall which separates Russia from Europe are few and far between. Opinion has made up its mind to expect two things—the assassination of the Czar and a revolution. It is worthy to note that all the boss-Russians who are interviewed—either really or spivituilly-never run dry under the pumping process on all subjects touching external matters, but on home gangrenes never a word. For example, that stormy petrel—who many had believed had retired to St. Nicholas's j •rest—General Ignatieff, has been "done" by the interviewer, and the latter done in return. General Ignatieff has been ailing he looks his 60 years, is tall, as big in bones as Bismarck, but they are not so well covered with flesh. The divi- sion of his white head of hair is made close to the left ear, and the hair drawn, napkin-like, to fall on the right ear. His moustache is thin and falling, Ignatietf denounced Bismarck so freely that even a cbitd might suspect its sincerity; he told his French interlocutor—the old stage whisper—not to ailow the Chancellor to draw France into a quarrel, to keep Boulanger, to avoid a Commune, and suspect those Paris journals inciting to war, for "I know as a fact that in 1870 two of the leading papers received 300.000L and 200,000f. respectively to yell for the invasion of Germany, which cash came out of the Berlin reptile fund. I The general does not, think European peace depends on the treaty between Germany, Austria, and Italy, but on the alliance between France and Russia. Rrfro Saian-ts. General Annenkow was also interviewed but his speciality is to knock at the back door of British India. He has made the railway from the Caspian to Sainarcand, with ten minutes for refreshments at Merv Station. He is fifty years of age, and hard work has only made him younger; his hair is white, but his moustache is bluck; he is as merry as a I cricket, and much of his joy is derived from the fact that his wife originally won the first prize at the Beauty Show held in St. Petersburg. The general thinks that the chances of England hold- ing India are as one to a million; and the Empress ( rown ''of Queen Victoria may speedily II be relegated to the British Museum. In the course ot three years at most tliellu,-si,-kn railway will be I branched up to Herat and Candahar. But, as the poet sings, In a month the king, or I, or the ass may be dead." The general, it seems, has "manu- factured a dagger, which will soon be planted in the heart of India." Friends, then, would do well to piease accept this notice. The fact of having prepared that piece of cutlery "is alone sufficient title to make Annenkow as popular in France as he is in Russia." May not all this high falutin be the consequence oi' the Royal Admiral's snoring at Cannes ? We have had a lovely Eastertide, undisturbed by earthquake, Ministerial resignation, a triple murder, or any attempt to play at monster meeting. The butchers enjoyed their only holiday they get in the year—Good Friday. The Materialists and Anarchists must have forgotten that Black Friday, as few restaurants served up the anti-clerical dish-tripe a la mode Caen. It is comforting to notice the siigiitest improvement in the relations between Church and State. This is the more gratifying, as the custom to display a call's head in tavern windows on the anniversary I of the execution of Louis XVI. is also dying out. The church bells, as usual, having emigrated to Rome on Thursday, announced their return on Easter Sunday morning by the merriest of pealing. I There were outbursts of sunshine that made the buds laugh into leaves, and the ladies to lower their fur-trimmed jackets to the waist, that which showed off corsages and figures to advantage. As usual, there was an exodus of Londoners to Paris, and the city did more than its best to welcome them—even to the turning out of [be rheumatic and hvbernating invalids. By-the-bye, are English- men getting short sighted like Germans? Never were so many Albionites seen with eye-glasses tied to coats like hat life-lines. Some say it is the fashion to close one eye, purse up the left cheek, nnd apply the circular pane to the other to eaten omnibuses or a race caravan. Parisian dudes and mashers hire their eye-glasses by the day, as they do their clouded canes and artillery jewellery. One of the most patriarchal Paschal festivals is held by the Prinze Czartoryski, married to the 1** grand-daughter of Louis Philippe. This prince is one of the hundred pretenders to the t hrnne of I Poland. Of course, since France are getting bosom friends, the Poles are no more alluded to than one would to a rope in the fam%v of a hanged. The Prince gave his annual national banquet to his fellow-countrymeD a few days ago it is peopled on the highways and byeways principle—all persons with a ski ■ ter- mination to their name are invited to come in and take a seat at a table common to all. When the good things are blessed the hostess herself and her children wait on their guests, Only Polish dishes are served, and Polish is the only language spoken. There were names ending in "will," wicz." and ski," any one of which, if blown through a trumpet of fame, would do what 21 French cannon shots could not—wake up the Duke of Edinburgh. No new revelation has occurred to clinch the evidence against Pranzini, accused of the Rue Montaigne murder. What is required is not a biography of his bad life, but the proof that he cut the throats of three persons. Before the house occupied by the deceased demi-mondian crowds sti 1 gather to have a look. A roaring trade is done in catch-penny literature in the street in front of the condemned house. A soft goods merchant has decamped, after bleeding a few bankers to the extent of half a million francs. He leagued-all he had-his five mistresses to his creditors. It is believed he has gone to Syria, a land in any case favourable to harems. For a cnange, he might have—being on the run-gone to Utah, and speculated in a baker's dozen uf spiritual wives.—At Rouen—the story is not a canard as tlte city might suggest—a young wife has been arrested for murdering her young husband. She. slept, alongside the victim a whole night, to keep the body warm, and so suggest a puzzle to the doctors. The deceased was poisoned- he blocked the way for a more preferred home- he blocked the way for a more preferred home- ruler.—At the fair of Ar.guietue t wo young women went into one of the shooting galleries to practise a Jittie with the drawing-room carabine; one girl I begIn to ni-ek the other oil her bad shooting, when the la'ter sent, a ball through her com- panion's back; tHe wound has been declared mortal. it it The Gingerbread Fair, dear to all Parisians, duly opened on Easter Sunday with military exacti- tude. H^re the "men of the time" can be recognised there are three: first, of course, Boulanger; next Rochefort, and, third, Antoine, the expeiled Deputy of Alsace, whom the Germans considered dangerous to their occu- pation. All these heroes are produced in different sizes in gingerbread to suit pockets. There are some Celestials, to re-call Tonquin; but John Chinaman lends well to brown pastry, plastic art, and comfit-colouring. Sweetmeats seem to be jlbowing out the historical confectionery. There were 40,000 persons present. The fair extends 'rom the Place du Trone to YinceDDes-over two miles. Then all the penny-gaffs of the country for miles round put in an appearance It is the opening of their campaign season. There are reallv three shows that 1\ might be classed as theatres, and a circus that M. Grevy might visit with his grand-daughter, since he never goes out. The triple murder of the Rile Montaigne is the stock piece with a. score of peepshows; each depicts the crime differently, but art is full of resources. There is a large increase in the number of barrel organs worked by steam clearly this is the music of the future. There is not a bad dis- j play of giants; one poor old fellow is as well known is a popular elephant at a Zoo garden—he bas been severally advertised as the famous jjiant from China, Zaluland, Brazil, and Australia, rhis season he comes from Madagascar. The same island supplies a Malagasy princess two feet high- She differs from all dwarfs and midgets by looking superlatively happy. May this not be the conse- quence of the French protectorate ? There has been a marked increase in the number of "monsters." Trade is brisk in the lusus natvrer, and it, seems they sell in parts of Africa Jikil fire water, flint-lock muskets, and glass beads. There is something new in the acrobatic line hitherto these artists depended on their arms and legs, but there is a man without either who does wonders in the way of rolling and jumping; he writes by means of a pen held between his chin and breast. Ordinary people feel ashamed of their arms and legs being thus superseded. If on the battlefield magazine rifles and melinite save doctors the trouble of am- putating members, due to one of the latter being scattered to a cardinal point, the unfortunate can console himself, a means still exists for his turning an honest penny.

contrived to dine the whole of hisolo supporters since the opening of Parliament, and no leader has of late years ever given dinners which sur- passed those of Grosvenor-place. The company recently formed for placing victoria-hansom cabs on the London streets, I have taken premises in Newman-street, Oxford- street, capable of stabling sixty horses. Twenty- five of these novel vehicles are to be at the service of the public before the first week in May. Over five hundred applications to purchase the cabs for private use have, it is said, already been f received, and the new conveyance seems prettv certain to be the favourite one during the coming months of fine weather. The report of the Committee on Cutlasses is not pleasant, reading. It shows a state of things to exist which the public have reason to regard with some amount of awe, not to say indignation. But it establishes one fact beyond doubt-that the Government Ordnance scandals have been the result of maladministration. The War Office must bear the onus, as the fault clearly rests with it for all that is wrong, and it is unfair that individuals should be blamed when they are powerless to effect a remedy. It is to be feared that civilian control is the root of all the evil. Mr. Holland's Jubilee idea is ceitainly a happy thought. He means to open an exhibition of all articles which can be bought for a penny, by way of illustrating the increase cf the purchasing power of that modest coin during her Majesty's glorious reign. The show will be a very cosmo- politan one, and will' range from the monster trophies of the penny public publications of the British and Foreign Bible Society and Religious Tract Society down to penny packets of tea and grocery. Messrs. Bertram J: Roberts promise to provide a penny refreshment, tariff for the occa- sion. The Government have co intention of altering the Crimes Bill on any material point, and even the transfer of cases to England clause is likely to be maintained, as the alternative, viz., trial by a commission of judges, would be more open to objection. It is thought that the second reading will take place on or before Primrose Day," but the Whips are not sanguine of carrying the Bill through the Commons before Whitsuntide. It is understood that a clear week will elapse between the second reading and the Committee stage of the Crimes Bill. An effort will be made to induce the Government to al!ow this week to take the place of the lost Easter recess. < The Queen must have felt rather surprised when she read in the Times, and other daily papers, that she had offered Frogmore to Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg for their per- manent residence." Frogmore is not only a most dreary place, being surrounded by mausoleums and other memorials of departed relatives and servants, but it is very damp, and therefore quite unsuited to be the abode of Princess Beatrice, who is subject to rheumatism. Frogmore was occu- pied by the Prince and Princess of Wales during the winter after their marriage, when Sandring- ham was being rebuilt, and Prince Albert Victor was born there. The Prince only stayed long enough to drink up a bin of splendid 13t6 Lafitte, which had been laid in by the Duchess of Kent, and then departed, vowing that he would never return to so depressing a place. Prince and Princess Christian lived at Frogmore for a short time after their marriage, and there was some idea, two years ago, of placing the Duchess of Albany there, as she found Claremont so ex- pensive. Frogmore i. however, impossible as a residence, for the Queen keeps the whole of the rooms which were occupied by the Duchess of Kent locked up, and thev are the be.st in the house. It is high time that there should be some plain I' speaking on the subject of the Jubilee celebration, and it may be fic,ped that the Prince of Wales and Lord Salisbury will take an early ouportunity. after the Queen return to England, to point out to her Majesty that the Court arrangements are in every respect infelicitous, and will assuredly excite great and general disgust. It was a mistake to have the Thanksgiving Service ai Westminster Abbey instead of at St. Paui's Cathedral, and it is j a caprice that will cost the public at least £ 10,000. A still more reprehensible blunder was made when, in order to suit the fantastical arrangements of the Court, the celebration was fixed for Tuesday, June 21.. instead of the previous day. The climax is reached by the Queen's decision to leave London for Windsor on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 22. so that tifcr Majesty's stay at Buckingham Palace will be cut down to two nigiits in the Jubilee work, and two nights at the close of the following week, when the Court will return to London for the Volunteer Review. The metropolis is the proper place to celeorate a Jubilee, and the Queen might surely arrange to pass the inside of a fortnight at Buckingham Palace under the circumstances.

AND FASHIONS By a Lady. [ALL RIGHTS HESERTED. j LIXKV COLLARS. Some while back-a few weeks, I believe—a f certain firm of linen manufacturers presented her Majesty with a box of collars and cuffs of the very finest Irish linen. The Queen was pleased to accept the box, and expressed her approval of its contents. I think this is likely to give a spur to another of the special industries of the Emerald Isle, which of late have been looking up con- siderably, arid certainly, I may say, deservedly. Lace, poplin, and linen of Irish manufacture are all well worthy of popularity, as being the most beautiful of their kind and excellent in degree. Belfast is famous as the seat of the linen industry, and my friends and I always get our household linen, handkerchiefs, kc., from a firm in Belfast. Curiosity prompted me to see what sort of collars and cuffs had been sent for the Queen's acceptance, so I wrote for a box, and received some charming samples. Years ago—I do not care to count them but it was before the advent of lisse frilling-a fine linen collar waa appropriately worn with the handsomest gowns of velvet, silk, in short with any material, and it was esteemed perfectly fitting. For years past, however, the plain linen band has occupied a very inferior place among toilet acces- sories. Indeed, it was relegated to servants' use almost exclusively, and I have always regretted it, for such substitutes as ladies chose seldom gave the same neat and appropriate finish to the neck as did the linen collar. Even on the score of cleanliness we lost something when collars went out of fashion. They were easilv washed, and few people, even the most untidy, were seen in soiled collars. The black lace swathe that women folded round their nACks later on, and giving the appearance of goitre was a very inelegant substi- tute for the neat white band, and was quite defenceless on the score of cleanliness and neat- ness. Frilling, being expensive, was not always renewed so soon as it should have been. Then no collar at all but that of the dress itself was worn, and now since we can see at last the advantage of the linen collar we are once more taking it into favour again. I have always been its faithful adherent. But to return to my collar box and its contents. Nine different shapes are to be selected from, and all so beautifully fine and finished to perfection, double stud holes allowing for decrease or enlargement, according to comfort, or the fit of the dress collar. I cannot describe all the shapes, suffice it to say that they are distinct in form from those usually seen at the outfitters. The curves are in strict conformity with the ana- tomy of the neck, and the most careful considera- tion for ease has been given in their construction. The exigencies of long necks and short necks severally are provided for. There are two turn- over shapes that are very uncommon looking—I have seen nothing like them hitherto. They are eminently suitable for ladies with long. thin necks, as preventing that crane-like appearance which the ordinary turn down collar, as also the straight wide band, had the effect of imparting to a thin neck. The model known as the Half Century— registered-is very uncommon lookingaq.d most ingeniously contrived, for it shows t^ro-distinct 1 I yo shapes. It will keep clean twice as long as the ordinary habit collar, for it turns, and when worn it is impossible for the underside to get soiled. I call it my travelling collar, because tfhen soiled on the one side it can be reversed, and perfect freshness is at once imparted. The cufi^ too, are nicely shaped. Those turned back from the wrist are designed in connection with the long sleeves that fashion affects, and are intended to be worn with the Norfolk bodices which are just the rage now. A pretty way to fasten cuffs of this kind is to use ribbon in place of the stud, tying in a neat bow. I have dwelt at length on this topic because I am desirous of advocating the cause of linen trimmings for throat and wrists as being mere dainty, neat, and cleanly than any other fashion. I know that men like to see womankind neat about the throat, and their suffrages are given to the linen collar and its accompanying pair of cuffs. I must not p 11 forget to say that each box of collars contains no fewer than six well-executed portraits of our sovereign lady Queen Victoria. They are quite presentable as likenesses, but very flattering certainly. JIT TRTMMlSGS. A fortnight ago 1 warned my readers against too lavish a use of jet as a dress trimming. I read that someone curious as to the weight of certain re- ception dresses trimmed jet ascertained that the average weight was from 28 to 30 pounds. I can quite believe it, for the dress of mine which 1 exemplified in a former letter weighed exactly 12 pounds, and, as it was a walking toilet, of course it had no train. Lady Harberton and her colleagues may we!! declaim against such folly. Folly It is downright insanity to carry such a burden as the fashionable jet-trimmed evening gowns lay upon luckless women's hips and shoulders. SUNSHADKS. The newest sunshades I have seen are quite different from those I described last week, and are rather simpler looking, though more costly. Most of them have a thick silk cord sewn at the edge. One variety had wide, but not full, puffings of silk laid over the frame. This gave the parasol a stinted appearance, as if the maker were trying to make the silk go as far as Dossible. It was dead white siikofasoft kind. I must say this sun- shade did not meet my favour, and its price. £1 5s., seemed out of all proportion. Another make of sunshades had alternate stripes of baize-coloured lace and white embroidery, there being again a cord at the edge. A third variety showed the stripes going round—instead of down—the shape. En tout ens are all made with shot-silk in various shades, the handles being thick and clumsy, though elaborately decorated. 1 think the new sunshades are rather smaller than were the patterns of last year. BOVXF.T RIBBONS. The silk-embroidered handkerchiefs I have already written about are being made into bonnets, the four corners standing up like ears, two on either side, one set a little lower than the other. Lisse squares, embroidered in corresponding manner, are all used by milliners. Curious colour- mixtures are seen, but the blending is so artistic that one is conscious only of a harmonious whole. Tiny rosettes, made of very narrow ribbon, moss, or small flowers, are used to trim both hats and bonnets. Indeed, many of the latter, stringless and transparent, looit more like caps than bonnets. Ribbons are in endless variety. Embossed ribbons are wonderfully rich looking. Gauze ribbons with cords, loops, and tufts make one wonder how such complicated wearing is done. Scarsnet ribbons are sllot, or have stripes of satin and velvet running through them. This only gives a very faint idea of the endless variety wliieh one sees in the shop windows. Nothing like such choice in ribbons has ever been before. I believe I have said that milliners have introduced the wide-brimmed Leghorn huts. The briua is caught up here and there, just as suits the wearer's lace. I have seen it tied over the ears. FBILLING. For neck and sleeve trimmings our best dress- makers take a piece of ribbon with picot edges and of the desired colour; it is then folded length* wise, so that both edges show, and then is tacked lightly inside the dress collar and on the sleeves.v This is a very economical fashion, for the ribbon; coat" less than frilling, and wears four times as long. Noticing these changes, frivolous as they appear, we are apt to forget that one industry suffers at the expense of another's prosperity and operatives who earn their bread at trades depend- ng on fickle fashion must often experience cruel reverses of fortune. The frilling industry lan- guishes now, and when we consider what outlay for machinery and what expenditure of labour were necessary for carrying on this industry we may bo sure manufacturers and operatives are now alike suffering from the caprice which re- fuses longer to patronise their productions. The ribbon weavers, on the contrary, must stick to. their looms to make material sufficient for the demand. Fir cones, melon seeds, imitation black thorn branches interlaced and lined silk, these are some of the strange materials of which spring bonnets are made, and an odd contrast' they make to the gossamer-like tissues which ap- pear side by side. CORKESPOKDENTF CARDS. ? The new correspondence cards are remarkably ? pretty. They are illustrated in monochrome and elegantly decorated with small engravings. There r are envelopes, also, in pretty boxes, these being in M the form of a book. The subjects include river l' scenes, set views, birds' nests, flowers, country churches, and the like. I must not omit to men- tion a new photograph stand, with nickle-plated mounts, designed to hold 24 cabinets. The price is 20s. This is a most convenient and elegant apparatus. The huge albums necessary to con- tain cabinet portraits are rather inaccessible on account of their weight, and soon get untidy by reason of it. The beau:y of the stand I allude to is that, whilst keeping portraits compact, they can ( be turned as easily as the leaves of a book. A NEW FASHION TCILFT WARE. I have just seen some toilet ware that for con- venience commends itself. I mean that the jug has four handles instead of one. We all know the difficulty there is in raising a heavy jug with one hand, but if there was a propensity on the housemaid's part to knock off one handle I fear an ewer with four projections is likely to meet with early disfigurement. A MEMENTO OI THE QVEFV's CORONATION. Some while back the daughters of the late Mr. Murdo Young, proprietor of the Sun newspaper, presented me with an original copy of the "Coro- nation Sun." printed in golden letters on the day of her Majestv's coronation. June 28, 1838. I see these ladies have lately forwarded a copy of the paper to the Queen, who I hear was much pleased with this interesting souvenir. I.ADT BUTLER'S NXW PICTURE. I read that Lady Butler's (Miss Thompson's) great desert picture has been sent from her studio in France to Burlington House. The subject is A Funeral in the Dssert." It shows the burial of a young officer in thp wilderness. The acenw as painted was witnessed by Lady Butler. The English soldiers are clustering round the grave. The other figures include Arabs and dromedaries. It is a touching work of art, and will raise a tear to manv an eye. Hundreds who have lost their loved ones in that arid desert will think of the Christian burial denied to them, and shudder as imagination conjures up a view of whitening bones that never will be sepulchred. Last year in the Royal Academy I witnessed some pathetic scenes before the battle pieces which depicted some of the memorable and lamentable incidents connected with the late war. TIn; CLEANING OF SILVER ARTICLES. When I see silver articles being subjected to vigorous polishing with whitening or similar powders I wonder how many particles of silver are being rubbed off in the process. They may be so minute as not to be visible, but the friction reduces the weight of the article as much or more than the actual wear. The silver tea- spoons grow gradually thinner and thinner until the edges are as sharp as a knife, and electro- plated articles are worn so much in a few years that the yellow metal makes its presence visible, thus necessitating another visit to the electro bath in order to restore them to their pris- appearance. As this process M' "father expensive, if properly done, it is well to prevent tbe need of it. Now, instead of so much rtibtefitig, Che silver should be placed in fnolation of soda in soft water with or without t'few shavings of yellow soap, and boiled for a few minutes, then taken off the fire, and when sufficiently cool to handle wiped with a soft cloth and polished with a leather. The silver so treated will show a brilliant polish. This method has many advan- tages over the old style of hard rubbing. Ladies can themselves clean their silver without injury to their hands or clothes. The articles themselves are more cleanly and the process does not. in the least deteriorate the metaL A cloth just moistened with water in which hyposulpliate of soda has been dissolved will remove tarnish from silver. I am told, but have not tried it, that water in which potatoes have been boiled is excellent for cleaning silver goods, particularly egg spoon, that are much discoloured by the egg. I generally dissolve a tablespoonful of washingsoda in two or three pints of soft water and a few shavings of soap. I occasionally clean other useful things with this mixture, such as lamp burners, tinned goods, metal saucepans, Jtc., after- wards rinsing them in clean hot water and polish- ing with a leather or soft cloth. Tissue paper is a good substitute for a chamois skin for this purpose. Apropos of paper, it is excellent for cleaning grates. My cook always keeps a supply at band for the register grate, to rub off grease or anything else spilt on the iron during cooking operations. A HINT TO TRA BRINKEKS. j There is something particularly soothing in the hum of a tea-kettle. In byegone days this useful water-heater was often to be seen in a sitting-room. Grates were made with hobs, aad a bright copper tea-kettle was placed upon one of them at different meal times, and it was often in readiness to mix tbe glass of grog for a nightcap. Even in these days old-fashioned folks prefer the water boiling hot out of a kettle to water chilled by' contact with the water jug, especially when it is required fcor pouring over lemons, in concocting whisky toddy, Jsc. The tea- kettle has had many literary admirers, besides alluding to it in their tales or descriptive pieces it was a constant companion of Dr. Johnson, who said that his tea-kettle had no time to cool; be was such an inveterate lover of tbe cup that cheers but does not inebriate that he not only used it for- making tea at the orthodox time. but it was in requisition at midnight for the same purpose, andj welcomed the morning also. Sydney Smith's recipe against melancholy was always to keep- a tea-kettie simmering on the hob," but it waa, not to make Johnson's favourite beverage, for the* witty canon loved whisky punch, and brewed it hot and strong. Those who are accustomed to have a bright copper kettle placed occasionally on the fire knowhow troublesome it is to free it from the black tarnish caused by the flames. Paraffin and brick-dust will remove it, but if of long stand* ing vinegar and salt applied with a rag brightens it immediatelv. The kettle should be rinsed with water, and afterwards polished with brick-dust or rottenstone. Lemons that have bad their juice squeezed from the pulp are excellent for cleaning copper also, but they should be burned immedi- ately after, as the copper deposited upon them is highly poisonous, being pure verdigris. 1 am in- formed that spints of ammonia diluted with water, I if applied with a piece of flannel to discoloured spots on carpets, will often restore the colour. Before trying a dress test the effect on a piece of the material where not seen.

It's a slim chance." remarked a superannuated belle when a consumptive dude proposed to her. The late Mr. Newdegate was one of the most fearless of cross-country riders. If you want," said the late Bishop of Manchester, writing in 1846, "to see a top sawyer, you should see Mr* Newdegate ride. Be is a young man, about 24* splendidly mounted, always with two horees and be does go." Mr. Newdesst* hunted up le last year. •"

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