The North Wales Express

DATING'S COUGH i'-OZEKGLS cure CongLs Asthma, Bronchitis.—Meaxal teutl-noi.y states that no other medi- cine is so effectual ill the c ire of these aaiigtrotis maladies. One Lnzense alone gives eai e, one or two at bed time ensure* £ Vox difficulty of breathing they are in- vminahl? They contain nc opinm nor any violent drag. Bold by all Chemists in Tina. la. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. THI SKIN.—The Glory of Woman, the Pride of Man.— It contains the tielioate lined of beauty, and constitutes all thai we term Loveliness, yet how »anj thoueaadt have their akins blemished t y the 1Ud of the irntiGt soapa, Carbolic, Coal Tar, Glyceruie, and tbe courao coloured ■oops, cans tic with alkali, made of putrid fats. ^deLoatTtte elcin the quicker ite rrna. THB ALBION irrr.ic A>'D SULPHUR SOAP « the purest, the wiutert, and most, purifying of loll soape, by its purifying actio* favirtff aw&y and preventing blotchea. w** nsitoeM. It u recommended by the entire medical pro- fganiftn ft# thl most preparation for the »kin thai is known. A ¥oon to aenmUre By aU «hami*ta, « tttNtte. 6d. aad la. The AIttOm Sitaatory ØQap Co- (UtO^ord-Ai Loatfoa* As a safe, permanent, and warraated enro for Pimples Scrofula Scurvy, Bad Legs, Skin ana Blnoa D^eaaea ani Sores of all kinds, we can with confidonca rocoir, mend CLARK'S WORLD-FAMED BLOOD MIXTURE old by Chemists everywhere. A GOOD THING TO KNOW. E^erY man and woman M the land ought to know that Dr Bardsley's Antibili. one Pilla are a sure and safe cure for all diseased caused by the failure of the Bowels or Kidneys to perform their duties. Do not fail to try them. Sold j by all Chemists ia Boxes at I3 £ d. rvad 2a. Su. Box f.T±.

TENTANT-RIGHT IN GAME. ia* At the Welshpool (Montgomeryshire) Couvty Court last week an action wtis brought before Mr Homersham Cox, the judge, by John Higgins, the tenant of a farm under the Earl of Powis, to recove-, .£10 from John Edwards and Thomas Jones, the one a night watcher and the other a gamekeeper in the service of the Earl of Powis, fur having pntered upon his land, assaulting him, and takirg from hiin a hare and ether aticlea, Ins property, on February 16th. Mr Mav,rice.Tone^, who appeared for the piam- ti £ E, in opening the case, said he thought it would be sufficient to say that a tenant under t:;<; Ground Game Act of 1880 had an inseparable or c'neurrcnt light of taking g'ound game on the land he occupied, unless the land'or-i could that there were circumstances excluding him from t'ie beriefit of the act. Evidence on both sides having been heard, Mr Edward Powell, for the defence, contended that under the Ground Game Act the occupier was not entitled to the l eneSt of the act until the determi: a tion of any contract or lease by which such right waa vested in any othti than the occupitr. A tenancy from year to year, as that one or it will might, however, be terminable as if notice were given at thepassicg of that act. Mr Powell contended that as the act passed on Sept mber 7th, 1883, the tenancy could not terminate until the Lady-day after September, 1831. The court would agree that the Gound Game Act did not apply. TiKthe absence of an agreement as to the t»ame, Mr Powell coDteudei that the conduct o? the plaintiff proved that he did not consider him- self entitled to the game. Having been a tenant on the estate for fifteen years, he had not, until the passing of the Ground Game Act, exercised the right he then set up to the game, His honour, in giving judgment, said the case was perfectly clear. The defendants had no more right than he had to take the hare, and it WAS time that gamekeepers throughout, England should know that they were not to take the law into their own hands. He had decided iu Yorkshire, in Lincolnshire, and all over Eghud, that a game- keeper should rot take the property of another, but if they chose they might prosecute. As loiig as he sat as a judge he would do all he could to discourage gamekeepers from taking the law into their own hands. He had no sympathy with poachers, but the bloodshed and ill will that existed in this country arose mainly from game- keepers taking the 1 iw into their own hands. In- stead of prosecutiug the plaintiff, the defendants struggled with him, and it was not denied that the assault took place. There was no evidence of the game beii»g reserv d. The man took the farm, and not a word was said about game. The fact that he had not taken the game all the time he had been there only amo ft -ed to a neglect of the exercise of his rigiit. Even supposing he had no right to the game, the defendants should have brought an action against him, and not, as thoy did, have taken the hare from him by force. Judgment would be for the full amount, with costs.

FUNERAL SERMONS AT ROCK FERRY- Special sermons were preached on Sunday, in St Peter's Church, Rock Ferry, with reference to the death of the Rev Dr Redhead, who for about fifty years was an esteemed clergyman in the district, and whose recent death is deeply regretted by all classes of the community. The odifice was crowded, and nearly all the congregation were attired in mourning. In the forenoon the preacher was the Rev J. Sidney Boucher, principal of the Training College, Carnarvon, who selected for his text II. Tim, i. 16, 17,18 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Ouesiphorus for he oft refreshed aie, and was not'ashamed of my chain But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day." The re- verend gentleman remarked that the text had special application to the congregation that day. He who had ministered to them for so many :years bad departed to a laud far off. It might be said he had emigrated. When any of their friends emigrated to a distant country, their delight was to trace them on the trap; to guess their surroundings; to picture them at their various occupations to endeavour to think their thoughts, and if they could not send them material help, they prayed that Sod would bless their friends in a far-distant country. It would be idle and impertinent curiosity to try to follow their departed friend beyond the grave but the occasion of his death ought to lead them to ask themselves the question, Are we follow- ing Christ as he did P" Did they kaow anything about the place of the dead, or their condition ? This was an important question which concerned them all. Popular theology taught that the dead went straight to heaven or straight to hell. If the curtain were lifted, they would expect to see on one side a throne set with God in all his magnificence and glory, and on the other side the bottomless pit, sending forth masses of flame and smoke. But was this idea of the future in accordance with common sense ? Nothing of the kind. The popular view was contrary both to common sense and to Scripture. In the future they would see no desert; nothing would be oblivionized. The Bradlaughites desired no future because their deeds were evil, and they were afraid of the Judge who would pass sentence on them. There was no such thing in nature as destruction. Paper was not destroyed when burnt. The paper was decomposed, and it formed new combination o which would re-appear in a very different shape. We must entertain a very mean and beggarly notion of heaven and of God if we imagined that upon dying we went to Heaven at once. The idea was contrary to common sense and reason. When- ever anyone wished te appear in the presence of a superior person he made a change in his c'othing; and so the soul, after being released from the burden of the flesh, required time before it was in a fit state to enjoy the company of angels. As to the place the soul would go to immediately after death, Christ sheweth in St. Luke xvi. that it was neither heaven nor hell, but an intermediate state lying between those two places. Dives was pun- ished because of his intense selfishness. Self ■ mdulgonce was the essence of his character. He had no Friday in his week, and no Lent in his year; and therefore he could not sympathize with Lazurus at his gate. In tae future state compen- sation would be made to those who suffered here, and it was a marvellous comfort to think it would be so, when they took into account the thousands and it was a marvellous comfort to think it would be so, when they took into account the thousands and thousands who were thrust into this world, and whose lives from the beginning to end were marked by crime and misery. The time, however, would come when all these things would be re-adjusted, as it was in the case of Dives and Lazurus. could not tell what the dead were doing, but it was certain hey were, progressing. There wa3 no such thing as standing still, for growth was the essence of existence. There was a continual change going on, and no doubt the dead were becoming gradually mgre fit to appear finally in the presence of God. The^e might be some present who would wish to re-call their deceased pastor, and apologize to him for unkind words and thoughts, but this could not be done, and they could only say, as Paul said of Onestphorus, The Lord grant into him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day." He believed that one of the occupations of the dead was to pray for those who were left behind, and how did they know bvit many of their blessings I were in answer to the prayers of their departed l friends. In conclusion, the reverend gentleman askod the congregation to earnestly join him in s&vi i L1, The De id March in S.*ul" w is played on the organ as the congregatioia retired frern the edifice. In the evening a special sermon was also preached in the church by the deceased's son, the Rev G. Edward Redhead, vice? of St. Mary's Church. P,rad for.

THE QUEEN. On Monday evening a special supplement of the (razette was published, containing the following TO SIR WILLIAM VERNON HARCOVKT. Windsor Castle, March 12, 18 2 The Queen wishes, before she leaves England fer a sh ut while for some comparative rest and qniet. to express from her heart how very deeply touched she is by th3 outburst of enthusiastic loyalty, affection, and devotion which the painful event of the 2nd iT stant has called forth from all classes and from all parts of her vast empire, as well as by the universal sympathy evinced by th.i sovere'gns and people of ether nations. The Queen cannot sufficiently express how deeply gratified she is by these demonstrations, and would wish to convey to ali, from be highest to the humblest, her warmest and most heartful tharks. It has ever been her greatest object to do all she can for her subjects, and to uphold the honour and glory of her dea? country, as well as to promote the prosperity and happiness of those over wt, oni she has reigned so long and these efforts will be continued unceasingly to the last hour of her life. The Queen thanks God that He spared her be- loved chiid, who is her constaiit and devoted com- panion, and those who were with her in the mo- ment of danger as well ai herself and she prays that He will continue to protect her for her people's sake as He has hitherto so visibly done. Her Majesty, accompained by Princess Be itrice and their suites, left Windsor, on Tuesday, for Portsmouth, and there embarked on the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, for Mentone. At all points her Majesty was gree d with the utmost enthusiasm.

WELSH NEWS. The Chester Courant is authoritatively iu f )rmed that the police have obtained an important clue likely to lead to the elucidation of the attempt made about a month since t) poison the whole household of Mr Jo^n Burton, Gresford, by mix- ing pure arsenic with rice-flour pudding. The re- ward of a L100 and a free pardon offered to any- one not the actual prisoner, for giving informa- tion, has materially strengthened the hands of the police, who are sanguine of securing the guilty party. The late Mr John Jones, of 95, Piccadilly, i London, has bequeathed the sum of X3,000 to the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church. MThe annual meeting of the North Wales Congregational Union will this year tike place in Easter week at Wrexham, one of the principal strongholds of the denomination in North Wales. The proceedings promise to be more than ordinary successful, as amongst other gentlemen who arc expected to take part in the meetings are Mr Henry Richards, M.P., the Right Hon. Geo. O. Morgan, Q 0 M P. (who is to preside at the luncheon), and Sir R. A. Cunliffe, Bart., M.P. By command of the Queen, a levee was held last week at St. James's Palace by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on behalf of ker Majesty. Among the presentations were the Hon. Sir Watkin Williams, on his appointment as one ef her Majesty's judges, by the Lord Chancellor, and General Sir Richard Wilbraham, on appoint- ment as Colonel of the Royal Fusiliers, by his Royal Highness the FieU-Marshal Commanding- in-Chief. The Right Hon. H. 0. Raikes, M.P., and the Hon. W. F. Tollmache, M.P., attended the levee: The Chester Corporation have decided to lodge a petition in Parliament against the Wrex- ham and Mold and Conuah's Quay Railway Bill. The directors seek powers to connect Cheshire and Flintshire by constructing a large bridge across the river Dee, near Connah's Quay. The plans show a large pier in the centre of the channel, which the town council are advised by Messrs Stevenson, the eminent engineers, of Edinburgh, will be injurious to navigation. The bill will therefore be warmly opposed by Chester. The detectives in thti employ of the London and North Western Railway Company have been engaged during last week in investigating the dastardly attempt at Pentre, near Flint, to wreck the 11 a.m. Irish rrail train from Chester to Holy- head. It was at first sur posed that the impedi- ment a large sleeper, had been placed on the line with the intention of wrecking the train in which it was expected that Mr Forster would return from Ireland, and the fact that nearly one-third of the population of Flint is composed of Irish labourers, employed at several large chemical works there, gave colour to the supposition. It now transpires that the sleeper was placed on the down line, and that the train wHch would have been effected by it, if any, was, as stated, the down mail. The detectives h'ave been busily engaged, but with what results is not known. The mail, which does not stop between Chester and Holyhead, passes the spot at between 50 and 60 miles 3n hour, and the consequences, had the obstacle not been re- moved, might have been of the most dreadful character.

HOME NEWS. The prospects of all the crops are exceed ingly favourable for the time of year. From April 1st to the 11th instant, the Exchequer receipts amouted to L80,474,752, as compared with £ 78,830,477 in the corresponding period of the last financial year. The expendi- ture thus far has been £ 77,808,987. On Saturday last the balance in the Bank of England was £ 7,025,897. At the Marlborough Police Court, London, on Monday, Mr George Hampden Whalley, M.P., appeared in answer to a summons charging him with having obtained goods from Messrs Jones and Dickens, of Regent-street, within four months after the filing of his petition in bankruptcy.—Mr Humphreys appeared for the complainants, and Mr S. B. Abrahams defended Mr Whalley.—Mr Humphreys made a statement to the* effect that the defendant ordered certain articles from Messrs Jones and Dickens, of Regent-street, and directed them to be sent to his residence, but that before all the goods had been delivered a petition for liquidation was filed by Mr Whalley. At this point Mr Abrahams interposed, and remarked that Mr Whalley had been compelled, on the advice of Mr A. S. Jonas, his solicitor, at a mo- ment's notice to file his petition in order to avert great loss and disaster to himself, but in doing this he had no idea of defrauding any creditor. Indeed, his solicitor, Mr Jonas, had gone to Mr Humphreys and offered to pay the money. His debts amounted to f66,000, while the assets were £ 250,000. A discussion ensued, and the case was adjourned, the magistrates consenting that the debt should be paid.

FOREIGN NEWS. On Tuesday morning the Empress of Austria: left Paiis on her return to Vienna. The Paris Temps, which is an organ of roent between Fn^hiud and France en the E.;cc-t- h n question. It was reported in Vienna on Tuesday that the Mouteuegim Gcveriimciit hjid giveu Offers to mobilise its forces, for the alleged pur- pose of str engthening the cordon on the frontier. The Vienna Frssse declares, ho-.vevc-, that no inteligence to this effect has reached the Austrian Government

POLITICAL ITEMS. The Prime Minister was, with a brief interval for dinner, in the House of Commons on Monday-Tuesday for eleven houis. He was punc- tually in his place on Tuesday afternoon at half- past four, having left the house at four o'clock the same morning. Lord Redesdale has fixed next Thursday for the secoi-d reading of his bill introducing a new religious test in both Houses of Parliament. It is, nev rth.I^ss, understood that there id no serious intention on the p.;rt of any one beyond the noble lord to proceed with the measure. It is stated that a protest is shortly to be made in the House of Commons against the partiality shown from the chair to the supporters of the Government in debate and that a motion is to be mide declaring that in future a strong political partisan should cut be appointed either Speaker or Chairman of Oommittees. The attitude of tha Irish Party in respect of the Cloture is extrenely simple. They will oppose it, without, however, indulging in obstruc- tion, and will endeavour to bring up all absent members to the divisions. Aided by those moder- ate Irish members who on ordinary questions sup- port the Geverument, but who hold views favour- able to the freedom of debate, they hope to muster about thirty votes in all. The Daily News nndorstands that some of the electors of Northampton contemplate taking up the case of Mr Bradlaugh in a somewhat novel fashion. One consideration is the expediency of applying for a mandamus to compel him to perform his Parliamentary duties. It is believed that such an application has never been made in a court of law, and therefore the point raised ia entirely a new one. The electors of Northampton also propose to apply to the House of Commons to be heard at the bar by counsel The precedent for this is the case of the Middlesex electors, who were heard at the bar of the house in support of John Wilkes's claim to tke his seat. Mr Bradlaugh was in the H use of Com- mons on Tuesday night during the question hour. He claims the right which, though anomalous, is not disputed, of sitting with his hat on in presence of the Speaker. No other person, not being a member of the house, exercises this privilege.

THE WIMBLEDON POISONING CASE The trial of Dr G. H. Lamson, for the murder, by poisoning, of his brother-in-law, Percy Malcolm John, Wimbledon, was coiiti nued o it Friday, when the evidence relating to the care taken of the articles removed from Bedbrook School, the judge com- menting on the articles passing through so many hands. Dr Bond, cross-examined, admitted t'.at he had no knowledge of death from acouitino. On counsel pressing other questions with the same bearing, the judge pointed out that witness had already said he had no knowledge of death from aconitine. Counsel immediately sat down, de- claring he would not ask witness another question. William Dodd said the sale of the aconitine was not entered in the book to prisoner, as he was a medical iran. The trial was resumed on Saturday. Owing to the fog the court was lighted with gas. The prisoner looked pelle and anxious. The proceed- ings commenced with the examination of Dr Stevenson, who, under 1 ustructhT. 11 from the Home Secretary, made, an analysis of the era- tents of the stomach, and a minute examination of various portions of the intestines. The prisoner, who had,throughout paid the closest attention to medical evidence, made constant notes. Dr Stevenson said he had microscopically ex. amined the various articles handed over to him. From the liver he had obtained an alka'oidal ex- tract, which contained a trace of morphia, which placed on the tongue gave a faint sensation like that produced by aconitine. From an examina- tion of the stomach he got the same result. The character of the sensation was a burning, tingling, peculiar numbness difficult to define—a salivation —a sensation at the back of the throat as if it were swelling'up. This was followed by a peculiar seared sensation as if a hot iron were being passed over it. An examination of the stomach gave like results. In reply to the judge as to his acquaintance with aconitine, witness said he believed he had tasted most alkaloidal poisons known. He injected some of the extract obtained from the urine into the back of a mouse, and it died in thirty minutes. He obtained some of Morson's prepara- tion of aconitine frpm Messrs Allen and Haubury, and injected a small portion into the back of a mouse, and it died exhibiting symptoms undis- tinguishable from the symptoms produced bv the extract obtained from the urine. The case was again adjourned. The cab in which the prisoner was conveyed from the House of Detection, Clerkenwell, to New- gate, met with an accident, thd horse falling and the shafts breaking. The prisoner, though re- cognized by the crowd, was got safely to the prison. The evidence for the prosecution came to a close on Monday, when Mr Montagu Williams addressed the jury for the defence, contending that, even assuming the deceased died frora aconitine poison, the evidence as to its administration was most un- satisfactory. He repelled the idea that because the prisoner was poor he was necessarily guilty of the heinous crime with which he was charged. jOwing to a'juryman being seized with illness the earned counsel had not concluded his speech when the court adjourned. The trial concluded on Tuesday. At the open- ing of the court Mr Montagu Williams continued his address for the defence, and the Solicitor- General replied generally on behalf of the pro- secution. Then his lordship hummed np, and the Jury returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence of death was passed in the usual way, the prisoner receiving it with evident anguish.

KAY'S LINSfED COMPOUND, Asthma nod Bronchitis immediately relieved by it. Sold by Chemists. ÐU\It)UI'l'JIt. Puis alemes and purify the bloa Wfengthen and invigorate the nerves, and perfecting of digestion and prevent the creataonoi taose hamonra to which we owe erysipelas "°urvy, goat, and those slimy dre^s out of which the atone ana goat, and those slimy dreqe out of which the atone ana gravel within us are formed. The timely u«e or Brandreth's Pills has saved thocsandi of ,7^ uvea. AH an antibilioua pill they are nnequalleo- ALLCOCK'S POBODS PLASTXRS are the infallible r«neay in all CoughB, and Colda, Lumbago, Sciatica, isneu- matism, and all local paiAs. See yon get thegenmne, which has Thomas Allcock and Co. on the stamp Beware of vile imitations that oont*ir. CORK FZ^STXBS are now admitted By tens of thousands to be the beat cure for corne ever made.. They allay the pain of the worat corn as if by naaiic, and the tightest osefei oan be worn with mm* TDTIOAT AFFECTIONS .AND HOARSENESS.—All suf- fering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate I relief afforded by the use of Brown's Bronchial Troches." These famons lozenges are now sold by most respectable chemists ia this country at Is. ljd. per bor. People troubled with a "hacking cough," a "slight cold," or bronchial affections, cannot try ( them too soon, as similar troubles, if allowed to pro- I gress, result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic affec- I tiona. See that the words "Brown'tt llroncbial Troc hea" are on the Government Stamp around each box.— t Prepared by JOHN I. Baowx & SONS, Bggjtgm. 114-uJ.

THIS WEEK'S COMICS. [J'UNCH,] THE TiKY. — fida-ly Clergyman (who was passing). "I'm very gL d, Oclbmiln, to see you improving your miud by reading dndng your pftrt1 time." CAISBY (with a sporting pap--r). 11 j ^provin' In. mind ? I dunno. I backed this 'ere 'o&s all through last season, and he never landed me once And I've follered 'ioi up, and iH who\-i dropp;>i me and ther dollar on the lut'n .ti n.; 1 'urdle?" (Gloomily). "If you call that imp- MOKE FUEQUENTLV MET WITH THAN FALSE TE-T-,i. _r tongues.

OMI?I.I.TTH l. tT JUMJIO. The Jumbo of the House of Commons—Mr Bradlaugh. The Jumbo of Ireland—Mr Parrcll. The Jumbo of Art- .Estheticism. The Jumbo of London—The Middlesex Magis- trate?. The Jumbo of the Thcatres-Thc Lord Cham- berlaiu. The Jumbo of JournalÏsm-Parlillrnelltnry Re- ports. The Jumbo of the Ladies—Tight lacing. The Jumbo of the Stage-Elevation or the Dra- ma. The Jumbo of Covent Garden—The Duke of Mudford. The Jumbo of Literature-Rwiewers. «'What s'the use of land to a Irish peasant P" asked'Arry. When he Wi it he e^'tp'-y his rent, and whea ne 'as it he \.ej it." [JUDY.] ON TUB SAFE SIDK.— Bob. — Weel, Sandy, and where wer ye last nicht? Sa,idy.-Ob, I w,¡s round at one o' thae Billiard-r :oms, where there were twa chaps fechting about Vreak-ng the balls, and as I thocht they might mak me pay fer them I cam awa oot. GOOD Boy -Cori scie nti,-)us newsvendor, who has been dispatched with all speed to the refreshment-room by a famishing passenger to fetch a penny roll, bribed with an additional penny to get one for himself (to famishing passenger) Please, sir, Iiere's your penny there was only one left. GHASTLY GRAMMAIL.-The fatal termination to so many recent cases of bronchitis suggests an addition to the conventional parsing of the verb "to cough," viz., pres. part coughing; past part., coughed; fllture part., coffin. ODD EFFECTS.—20s in the X. BAD BUSINESS.—Clergyman (who suddenly discovers that he has Riven Cabby the counterfeit florin that he was anxious to destroy) Hi, Cabby I've made a mistake! Cabby (who has palmed off a bad shilling in change, and is hurriedly driving off): No. sir you'll find it quite corrcct 1 Hie JACET.—The scandal pertaining to the abominable practice of removing human remaini apparently involves some verbal contradiction, for in the nature of things that which is removed can hardly be said to remain. [HN.] CUBT COMMENTS. The Jumbo topic continues to literally and figuratively the biggest thing of the season. One man has offered E50 towards a subscription, another has christened his child JuuJLn. The whole thing is more Zoo than logical. Tramcars propelled by electricity are the latest invention, one having been successfully tried at Leytonstone on the 4th inst. The principle is the storage of the electric force in cells, and could be equally well applied to cabs and carriages. If this obtains, what a sell for owners of horses George Nutton, a private in the Black Watch, has been sente ced to twelve months' imprison- ment for stealing a watch from Charles Gray, whom he temporarily deprived of sight by throwing pepper into his eyes. For such dastardly act this was Nutton like sufficient punishment. Had we been on the bench we'd >. ive given him pepper." Another fisher-lad is reported to have been drowned from a Hull smack. 4 l As more than twenty boys have been lost in this way since October, it certainly "smacks" of foul play. At the Surrey Sessions, on Monday, the 6th in8t Elizabeth Corbet was sentenced to twelve years' penal servitude for stealing an ulster. It is true she had often been previously convicted but still, twelve years for stealing an ulster seems incom- prehensible, except that she was tried by Mr Uardman. PE-CUE-LIAR.—A publican has just been fined for allowing betting in his tavern during a billiard match, which is- contrary to the canons of the law. The betters (and abettors) evidently wanted to "pocket" something else besides the balls. f The marker said that he frequently remarked, No betting allowed," but admitted that, tho gh there was no betting allowed, there was plenty on the Cue-T." [MOONSHINE.] A FVTURR POSSIBILITY. --Mrs Grand Dame du Monde (to Husband). Late for dinner, are we ? Very sorry, I'm sure. Truth is Marie, nnd I have been over to Paris to order some new dresses. Sorry to have kept you waiting. I I AT THE NATIONAL GALERY.De Dauber • "This is the painting of which Professor Ruskin once said he wouid give half his fortune to possess it."—Fitzippe: I'd give all mine SCENE OK A STEAMER LOADINW.IRI,H Ganger (calling down hold) Ho w ra!Uly mpu „e th^re below there? —Voice: Three sir" T C (-Then half of ye come up, and the others íorm themselves into gangs!"

OATMSAL CAKES.-Withi* a very few years cat- meal has become as common an article of diet as 'tls "J Europe; fortunately for better Wftlln Wi T j x The dry oatmeal C3kes of Wales, Scotland, and Northern England are a «»»« gmnon mth those hearty and hardy people, and when they emigrate they invariably bring a supply along to extend the term of using this rational, nourishing, and favourite food as long as possible Several correspondents of thn Aj<ri-uUu. al Gazette have, lateiy given the modus operandi of making and easing oatmeal cakes, as practised in different districts. In Wales, much stress is laid upon the proper drying of the grain before grinding, a par- lcular mixture of culm-c«al and clay being pre- ferred for the kiln fire. It must be remembered that among the Welsh mountains it rains in some p, 8 a'moit every day in the year more cr less, -the groats are ground into a finer meal for fine cake than for the coarser ones or for stirabout (mush). This meal is simply mixed with scalding water-about 1 gall. to 14 lb of meal. Some add & oz. of sugar and a teaspoonful of salt. It is mixed into a thick paste by h«nd in a cro^k, witn as little manipulation as may be, because much handling (as also cold water) detracts from the crisp shortness, which is an excellence. No leaven ia iised; the paste is at once rolled into cakes, which may be 10 in. to 16 in. or even 24 in. diameter; as thin as a sixpence for the finer and smaller ones, but ordinarily thicker—always aj even as possible. They ft/e baked like our griddle cakes, but slowlr and without change of colour. No grease is used the loose catmcd is merely brushed off. A cuke burnt is a cake spoiled They keep for a month, and the baking is doiu usually once a month. One side of a cake is baked while another cake is being rolled eut carefully. An expert baker, it is said, will tarn out a stone of cakes per hour. Light, quick burning wrod is preferred for heating the girdle," as it is called ("gradell" in Welsh), and tho "girdle-plate" is a special ereotion in tho back kitchen r f all the ("gradell" in Welsh), and the "girdle-plate" is a special ereotion in the back kitchen r f all the fauft-houses^, la. I

nEYfEW. Deacon's Newspaper Handbook and Advertiser's Guide. Lonaou Samuel Deacon md Com- RY- ?E £ THAT "» through five editions speakj much j 8 favour Besuies a list of all the most import British and foreign newspap-rs and periodic it con tains a number of photo-electro pages of news- bhh'" iu ih.° la^eofthex>re- htcc, will be a most useful assistance to paper?8 which rlCOgIllziuo the appearance of ^ireiil .ti<-> • may tave scen iu great .dilation in some particular town or district." n thorm c I ZT'Ma'>azi™ Mr Julian Haw- oarrf,! V-proXcti™ T L «» i\. Biw? i. u ot a byg°ne time. Phil. poet's' bin W^Tr °Jen ^W t<T natUFC are. the ously shows of what tlw ^ucy very time- "Bargain wit^CT t Lawlessness of our Forefathers -^P"ses with which the present SrJ C°mPariS0.n < ii m gdieiation armearto aa vantage, the Tory fear of anar hy not- withstanding. J Belgravia h supported by two serials by three- popular authors, m addition to which Mr Bret Harte commences one of his characteristic sketches. Dr Andrew Wilson discourses about The past and present of the Cuttle Fishes not an absorbing topic. The Rev H. R. Haweis has an article on Liszt. Mrs Maequoid con- tinues her articles on Yorkshire," dealing with Jervaux Abbey, the illustration of which, is just as much like a thousand other ruins. Map of WalC8. London; W. and A. K Johnston. This is an entirely new map of the Principality, and it has been constructed with care and at very great expense. It contains all tne railways, rivers, &c,-the names of most ol the towns and villages are clearly printed and the physical features of the country well displayed offip, Wl1,1 bt\fomid Ufieful for the library^the oflict., or tor educational purposes. The present number of the Quiver is Lg diverting as ever. "Into a Larger Room is continued, as also is Equ-il to the Occasion." The article on Mrs Heiuans, the poetess, has special interest for Weish readers. Part IV. of Amateur Work (Ward Lock and 00.) contains much valuable information, and we con- fidently recommend the work as one of the best of its kind published. The Philosophy of Advertising (Heniy Sell, Lon- don) is a shilling publication, containing inferma- tion relatig to the leading home and colonial papers. The compner advis- s advertisers to put themselves in the hands of an established adv'r- tismg agent, through whom they will not only ret their work better done at a less cost, but at the same time save themselves an infinite amount of inconvenience and worry. amount os

EXTRACTS. THE POET LAUREATE.—Alfred Tennyson, the son of a Lincolnshire clergyman, was born in the year 1809. At the age of twenty he won the Chancellor's Medal at Cambridge by his poera in English blank verse, Timhuctoo. In conjunction with his brother Charles he published Poems by Twø. Brothers, and in 1830 the first volume, bearing his own name, appeared. In 1833 he published a second volume, containing many of his finest lyrics. The reception of these volumes was un- favourable, and it was not until the appearance of two volumes of poems in 18<12-conhining amongst other things Locksley Hall, Morte dyArthur, TkI Gardener's Daughter, and Dora-that his positicn as a poet of fine original genius was established. In i847 appeared The Princess, and three years kter that volume which by many is treasured as his noblest work, In Memoriam. In 1850, on the death of Wordsworth, Mr Tennyson became Poet Laureate. Maud was published in 1855, and four years afterwards the Idylls of the King appeared. This work, which has since been completed by the addition of other idylls, divides with In Memoriam the honour of being the greatest of its anther's efforts. Both must hold a permanent place in English literature, Enoch Ardeii, and many other miscellaneous posms, as well as The Holy Orail. Gareth (lnd Lynette,etc (additions to the earlier Idylls of the King), have appeared since the year 1864. Mr Tennyson has also published two dramas. Queen Mary and Harold The lover's Talk-a re- se^.V? £ k'3 earliest efforts—and a volume entitle! Ballads and other Poems. He has also written tragic pieces, The Cup and The Fulcon. which were produced with very considerable euccess-the former at the Lyceum Theatre, bv Mr Henry Irving, the latter at the St. James's Theatre. Queen Mary i distinguished for its manv exquisite passages of true poetrv, but Harold is infused with more of the i eal dramatic spirit. On being appointed to the office of Poet Laure.'te, the LDiversity of Oxford conferred upon Mr Tennyson the honorary degree of D.C.L.- From Oax.seV,'s Illustrated British Ballads, for February. THE LEC-ROS MEDALS.Prof. Legros, not con- tent with attaining mastery as a painter, etcher sculptor, modeller of vases, and what not has trieet his hand at medals. Those of his choice are not the classical medals with whose lifeless imi- tation the British shilling hs made us well ac. quainted, but the Italian medals of the Renais- sance, which are severe only in correctness of modelling. Those medals live, and so do Prof. Legors's.—From The Magazine of Art for March. THE FATHER OF TEETOTALISM. Although the name of Joseph Livesey is, as we have seen, eo in- I separably and conspicuously associated with the Temperance movement, it would be a great mis- take to think or speak of him in any iense as a man wedded to oneiaca." In the course of his long residence m Preston he has filled many im- portant public offices, and was elected a member of the first town council under the Municipal Reform Bill. As long ago as 184-5, he beKan to orViS an annual trip by railway to Sosthport, Blackpool or some ether sea side resort, by which the the lame, and the blind,' £ ecSSTer. *?he sweeps and the workhouse peoole," wfre taken XMFERRV to breathe a workers during ^ni Urally onft of the fo*cmost as Cotton T? -e g and DRE»17 time known spare W f aSme'M ^^ting almost all his dnvin J t WORK OF THE RELIEF committee assist,^ K • ye*rs" Soon u{ter his carriage, In a i a W1^e to°k part in teaching others trl educate<* than himself, and in 1825 he hired a f in Shepherd street, Preston, where he artea a free Sunday School, for youth of both sexes from fourteen to twenty-one years of age." Upon All these, and many other useful labours, ho can now look back peacefully, as he spends his closing days in the town which knows no name more sincerely venerated than that of Joseph Livesey.—From CasselVs Magazine for March.

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