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T— T -AGRICULTURE. 1) i c
T — T AGRICULTURE. 1) i c ALTHOUGH the rinderpest has fseatly declined in Norfolk, it broke out again a few days ago among the choice nerd of Mr. Hugh Aylrrier, a well-knotra and distinguished agriculturalist. Professor Symonda has paid a visit to the scene of this fresh outbreak. The whole number of animals attacked in Norfolk to May w-m 6,268. CONCERNING the rinderpest in Ireland, the Govern- ment has issued a general order, pursuant to the Cattle Disease Act, assessing < £ 13.474 on the several unions in Ireland to provide a fund for compensating th.9 owners of slaughtered cattle and for carrying the Act into execution. A CURIOUS freak of natureoc-cucred at the farm of Mr. Rayner, a gentleman who lives at Woodlands, noar the Lyndhurst-road etaticn on the Dorchester Rail way-he had a brood of six chickens hatched last week on his farm, two of these were hatched with feet, but no legs; they lived for two days. The feet were perfect, and were quite close to the body. They were carefully examined after they were dead, and there was not a vestige of leg to be found. „ THE weather has been cold and wet is the East of England during the last few days. In Norfolk some of the late barleys were sown in bad order, but ena. rally the spring corn in the county has come up nicely and looks pretty well. The cold and frosty nights have made both wheat and barley rather yeHow, and a little warmth and sunshine ar3 required. The layers and pastures look remarkably well in Norfolk. The mangolds have been well planted, and have had some nice chowers to bring them up. In consequence of the small quantity of straw and the stiii shorter supply of bullocks in many districts, the-re is less farmyard manure than usual. In Essex the appear- ance of the wheat crop has somewhat changed for the worse of late; the deterioration is attributed to the great amount of rain, with cold winds. Barley on most soils looks promising, and beans and peas are luxuriant, while the pastures are thriving. ACCORDING- to information received by the Govern- ment up to the close of last week. Professor Furgusson reports that no fresh case of cattle plague, or of any other disease, had occurred within the infected district of Drennan, county Down. A census and valuation of all the cattle within that district have been made, the result of which is that the number of cattle is 125, and the total value .£913. An official cattle plague report is to be published each day during the closure of, and rastriction on, the proclaimed district, in order that all information may be obtained without the necessity ot personal inquiry. NOTWITHSTANDING the late ungenial weather, and tne succession of almost wintry frosts which have con- t n-aed to prevail for several nights, the young hops are pushing forward with great vigour. Several of the gardens in the most exposed situation, and on some of the high lands have suffered severely from the late frosts, that on Tuesday night doing, it is feared, con- siderable mischief; but on the whole the young bine looks as healthy and promising as is to be expected at this season. Throughout the district of Mid-Kent, which, as a rule, produces the finest hops both in quantity and quality, the young plants are looking very promising. Much, however, will depend on the weather during the next few weeks, the present being rather a critical period for the young plants, which are impatient of cold. Since the abolition of the duty, no reliable statement can be obtained of the exact num- ber of acres under cultivation; butin consequence of the high terms for superior hops obtained during the last few years, much arable land in Kent is gradually giving way to hop culture. The hop-market continues very firm, with a steady consumptive inquiry for bekit pockets of Mid-Kent's, which command good prices.
HINTS UPON GARDENING. --
HINTS UPON GARDENING. KITCHEN GARDEN.—High culture should be aimed at now with all vegetable crops, frequent stirrings between the rows with the hoe to keep down weeds, and abundant supplies of water and liquid manure. It is hardly possible to give too much water, and in ex- posed situations and on thin soils grass mowings should be used as a mulch to keep the ground moist, ,hut should be examined occasionally to guard against it becoming a harbour for slugs. Put sticks to rows .of peas as soon as they require it; well bank up those that are forward. Thin parsnips and carrots to eight inches apart, and go on transplanting from seed beds as fast aa the plants are large enough to handle, leav- ing the smallest to get stronger before moving them. Choose showery weather, if possible, for transplanting, ,c- L else give shade for a few days, and gentle watering. Flat-hoe potatoes, and draw but little earth to their stems; the old method of moulding them up has proved to be of no benefit at all, rather an injury, as .the. heat of the sun cannot have too ready an access to the roots. Thin out celery, and make up small beds for the plants on very rich, hard ground. Trenches should now be made for celery, and six inches of rotten dung forked into the bottom of each. A dull or showery day should be chosen to put out the plants, and plenty of water given during dry weather. Look to seed-beds, and transplant; well hoe and clear the ground as may be necessary. The use of liquid manure and frequent stirring of the ground between growing crops will hasten and improve the growth of all things. Sow beans and peas for succession, savoy for late crop cabbage, broccoli, kale, beetroot, kidney-beans, both runners and dwarfs, lettuces, spinach, turnips, cucumbers, and marrows may now be sown in the open ground for a late supply. FLOWNE GARDEN.—Chrysanthemums lately struck to be potted off, and have a little bottom,heat for a week or ten days, and after that to be plunged in beds of coal ashes or cocoa-nut waste. Cuttings put in now will make nice shrubby plants by autumn., if well treated. When shifted to 60's, let them have a firm loamy soil, plenty of turf and well-rotted dung, .abundance of water overhead, as well as at the root, and exposure to all weathers. Chrysanthemums make nice plants for ordinary purposes from May cuttings, mad better without than with bottom-heat. Dahlias should never go. out till quite strong, unless to be pro. tected every night with inverted flower pots, each pot tobe covaud with a mat. Dahlias should be potted in rich staff, to ensure strong plants before planting out, and be gradually hardened. Cuttings put in now will root, in a few days, so that sorts of which the stock is small may soon be secured. vEdgings newly formed to be watered in dry weather. Saxifraga Icelandica make a beautiful bright green edging for a close line. Hyacinths to be kept green until they ba-re completed their growth. Bedding Cut: We would advise those who have not had much experience in bedding, to defer the putting out of their stack till towards the end of the month. There is nothing gained by the attempt to save a week, for we frequently have bitter hts, and north-east winds, even till the last week of May. Succesaional sowings should be made of all hardy annuals that may be required to succeed those sown in March; and tender kinds, each .as asters, zinnias, &c., may now be sown in the open ground. This ia a good time to sow hardy and hall-hardy perennials of all kinds, to get strong plants for winter, either to remain out, or have the protection of a frame, or to take up and pot for early dooming in the greenhouse. Lovers of the Chinese primula should saw now for the next spring. Late planted roses should have plenty of water, and the surface mulched, and similar treatment given to liolly-hooke and ohrysarithemume put out last month. Carnations and picotees should be staked without delay, and their shoots thinned. Part and plant polyanthuses and primroses that have done blooming, and give them a rich loam and a shady aspect. The use jof the soft brushes poId for he removal of aphides will be found of great service where a few plants are affected, &nd it is worth while to fumigate; and it obviates that too common practice of crushing the vermin on the plants with the fingers. Pinks and auriculas are better cleansed by the brush than by any other method. Auriculas Pick off the seed-vessels as fast as the plants go out of flower, but do not cut down the flower-stalk. When done blooming, place the pot on a pavement of tiles out of doors, and let them have air and showers. But very heavy showers must be kept off by means of a spare light or a few boards, to be removed aa soon as the storm is over. Any infested with fly, smoke well before turning out. FRUIT GARDEN AND ORCHARD HOUSE.-PIUMS and pears, and indeed all bash and pyramid fruits, will want pinching in to the third or fourth leaf from the base. Where large crops of fruit are set, thin severely, but not all at once, as the more fruit, the poorer will its quality be. Give strawberries plenty of water If raspberries have not been mulched, give them at once a tog-dressing of half-rotten dung. Do not dig it in. GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY.—Hard-wooded plants will want plenty of air, and specimen plants in flower must bare shade. Allow nothing to form seed, inles9 feed be specially desired. Cut back all kinds I if shrubs that are out of shape, and keep them rather slose afterwards, to get good breaks, so as to bring shoEi into shape, and get the wood well ripened or next year's bloom. Where plants are crowded, many may be removed to frames, so as to allow of a 'reer circulation of air. Shift, stop, and tie out all ,oft-wooded plants that are advanoing in growth; but f reciuired to bloom shortly, they must not be dis- burbed, merely kept in shape, and have plenty of water and free ventilation. Continue to strike 'bedding stock for late blooming. Fuchsias, geraniums, ver- benas, and petunias make beautiful specimens for pot blooming in the autumn, if struck now and kept regularly stopped till July. Pelargoniums out of bloom to be cut in, and allowed to break before repor- ting them, and the syringe-aud f umigatorhopt in use as may be necessary, to destroy red spider and greenfly. Conservatory will soon want embellishing with plants in flower, as many of the climbers and other large sub- jects will be past their best, and tree pseonies, forced roses, deutzias, &will be gone. Celosia pyramidalis, stacks, balsams, and globe amaranths should be pushed forward; fuchsias and pelargoniums wiii, of course, be coming on well, and herbaceous calceolarias ought now to be making a grand show. Azaleas must now be growing freely, and the best place for them is a vinery or pit. Weak manure-water will greatly benefit those that are well-established in their pots, and are not to be shifted this year. Any just done blooming to have the trusses removed, ill-placed shoots cut back, and then be shut up. Camellias that were put into heat to start them into growth must now be cooled down preparatory to hardening off; at the same time, lessen considerably the supply of water. Epacris: All the early-fiowering kinds will now re- quire a shift, and it should be done before the new growth has proceeded far. They should first be pruned into shape. They must never be exposed to the full blaze of the summer sun, but must not be constantly shaded. Balsams and cockscombs for ex- hibition to have a good shift in rich light soil, and a little extra heat to promote new roots. They must have abundance of water to prevent green-fly, which is sure to attack them if they are starved. STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE.—Orchid-house: In the Indian and Mexican houses abundant moisture and a liberal temperature may be allowed. By far the greater number of the most valued species derive their chief subsistence from the atmosphere, hence frequent sprinkling of the paths and stages should be practised. Where there are large plants needing abundance of at- mospheric moisture, the walls and tables near them should be drenched frequently, and the tanks kept full. Orchids that may be in bloom in May: Aeridea Field- ingii, odoratum, cornutum, virens, virens grandiflora, virens euperhum; Aryhophyllum giganteum; Brassia maculator major, verrucosa, Wrajas; Burlingtonia fragrans Calanthe veratrifolia; Cattleya amethysto- glossa, Mossise, citrina, Edithiana, intermedia violacea, lobata, quadricolor, Skinneri; Chysis bractescens, Limminghii; CoryantheB maoranthlls speciosa; Cypri- pediumdaudatum.caudaturaroseuin,hirsatissimum,vil. losum; Dendrobium crepidatum, Dalhousianum, densi- florum, densiflorum album, Devonianum, Falconerii, Farmerii, fimbriatum, longicornum majus, transparens, tortile; Epidendrum aurantiacum, bicornutum, einna- barinum, orassifolium, Hanburyanum, macrochilum, maerochilum roseum; Lselia grandis, purpurata, pur- purata var, Williamsii, Schilleriana, superbiens, xanthina; Leptotes serrulata Odonfcoglossum ampliatam majus, bifolium, phymatochilum, sessile, sphacelatum majus; Phajua Wallichii; Sacco- labium ampullaceum, curvifoliam, guttatum, præ- morsum, retusum; Schomburgkia. tibicina; Tri- chopilia coocinea, crispa; Vanda cristata, Lowii. Winter Flowers: This is the best time to propagate a supply of cannas, begonias, euphorbias, justicias, poinsettias, and other quick-growing Boft-wooded plants for display during winter. Specimen plants to be assisted with manure-water, and the shoots to be stopped of all shrubby and branching kinds. JusticiaB especially should be freely grown now, to get the wood well ripened for a good bloom at the turn of the year. Stove climbers now want plenty of room, and liberal culture; the syringe will do wonders to keep down vermin. Average temperature for pines 75 deg. at night, 85 deg. to 90 deg. by day; for general collec- tions, 65 deg. to 70 deg. at night, and 75 deg. to 85 deg. by day. FORCING PIT.-Pines must be shaded on bright days, and the soil about them kept regularly moist, and liquid manure used frequently. Suckers should be removed as soon as they make their appearanee, except so far as they may be required for stock. Vines that have their roots in inside borders should be liberally supplied with water, and the shoots should be tied in in good time. Vines in pots will require fre- quent supplies of liquid manure, and stopping of laterals must be attended to, to regulate the growth.—Melons planted must be kept olose and warm till the roots just get to work, and then a short-jointed growth should be encouraged by moderate ventilation and abundance of light.-Cacumbers in frames will require plenty of air and a brisk bottom-heat. Re-line the beds where necessary. Traia and thin the shoots. After lining, give plenty of water round the insides of the frames. Sow or strike cuttings for succession.—Peaches ripen- ing to have as much air night and day as oan be given; 19 if the lights are off, all the better. Keep the atmo- sphere pretty dry, but the border must be moist while the trees are still growing.
SPORTS AND PASTIMES.' --
SPORTS AND PASTIMES. EARLy,PHEASANTs.-In the Earl of Sb. Germans' preserves at Cathacombe Lodge, a brood of nine pheasants were hatched on the 12th of May. Miss HELEN FAUCIT ia announced as about to afford her generous aid to the committee of the Consumption Hospital, B romp ton, by undertaking to read the drama. of "Ulysses" (to which is wedded Gounod a music), at the concert in behalf of the institution on the 8 th of June. By this benevolent effort in the cause of charity, an unusual opportunity of hearing this accom- plished lady will be offered to the publio. ""THE annual inspection of the 19th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers took place in Regent's-park on Monday evening. Colonel Wright was the inspecting officer, and on the ground were Colonel M'Murdo, Colonel Colville, and Colonel Bathurst. The regiment was under the command of Colonel T. Hughes, M.P., and there were eight companies, or about 400 men, besides a half company of recruits. A variety of battalion and light infantry movements were gone through, and at the conclusion the inspecting officer expressed hia satisfaction at the high state of efficiency in which ho found the corps. THE announcement of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean's appearance on Thursday night at the Princess's Theatre drew together an immense throng, anxious to welcome them after an absence abroad of nearly three years. The play was Henry VIII., and when Mr. Kean first came on the stage as Cardinal Wolsey he was received with a storm of ppplause sa hearty and so continuous that for some minutes his feelings did not allow him to prooeed. Similar honour was paid to Mrs. Kean when she appeared in the following scene- After the fall of the curtain the following short 'speech was delivered by Mr.Charles Kean:— "Ladies and Gentlemen,—I would fain say a few words, but that my strong emotion quite overcomes me. During our three years' absence we have travelled thousands of miles and been exposed to many dangers by land and by sea, but in storm or sunshine, in the hour of peril or in the day of success, one thought has ever been present to my wife and myself-the thought of home, the residence of the heart. With the blessing of Providence, we find ourselves again in England, on the very spot of my past and well-loved labours, sur- rounded by kind and dear friends, whose affectionate greeting makes us indeed feel that we are once more at home." -rfk-
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Robbery of £4,000 at Bradford.-At about half-past two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon a cash box, containing £ 4,000 in local bank notes, kills, and drafts was stolen from the counting-house of Messrs. G. and W. Townend, woolstaplers, Cheapside, Brad- ford. The members of the firm were absent at dinner when the robbery was committed, but during their absence a clerk was present in a room adjoining that from which the cash-box was taken. It appears that neither the door of the room nor the door of the safe was looked. Ab"1ut .£45 was in local notes, X15 in gold coin, -61 17s. in silver, and the rest in drafts and bills, which cannot, of course, be negotiated without the signature of the firm or without forgery being committed. Many of the drafts are the produce of the late great wool sale. The thief seems to have known the habits of the firm, and to have chosen a favourable moment-when the partners were at dinner —for effecting the robbery. No one was seen prior to the discovery of the robbery, and no one is suspected. In faet, the robbery is completely involved in mystery at present.
FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF THE…
FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY. The Lord Mayor, sheriffs, aldermen, and other members of the corporation of the City of Lon- don proceeded in state on Tuesday to St. Paul's Cathedral, for the purpose of assisting in the celebration of the 212th anniversary festival of the Sons of the Clergy. They were met by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Peterborough, the Dean of St. Paul's, the Venerable Archdeacon Hale, the Rev. Canon Chatapneys, the llev. Canon Dale, the Rev. Canon Melville, the Reir. Sir Lionel Darrell, the Rev. Dr. Batler (bead-master of Harrow School), the Rav. Dr. Vivian, Mr. W. Foster White, the Archdeacon of Ely, together with a large number of gentlemen who had undertaken to act as stewards. Arrangements had been made to hold the service in the large open space under the dome, formerly set apart for the sGecial evening services. In addi- tion to the ordinary choir of St. Paul's there were present to assist, the choirs ot ner Majesty's Chapels Royal, Westminster Abbey, St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and others, numbering about 200 voices. The service was well rendered, and an appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. W. Gilson Humphrey, B.D., vicar of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, from which it appsared that the society grants: first, donations to poor clergymen incapable of duty from mental or bodily infirmity, or burdened with large families; secondly, pensions to poor widows and aged maiden daughters of deceased clergymen, and temporary relief in cases of great age or sickness; thirdly, apprentice fees or donations towards the edu- cation and establishment in life of children of poor clergymen. Unlike other societies established for the benefit of a particular district, or one class of sufferers, whether clergymen, widows, or orphans, the corpora- ration assists them all with equal solicitude, and ad- ministers its funds to claimants in all diocesea of England and Wales. The average number of persons assisted yearly is about 1,300, and of these 712 are widows and aged single daughters. At the close of the service a collection was made on bahalf of the society. On Tuesday evening the members and friends dined together in Merchant Taylors' Hall, Threadneedle- street, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor.
THE MUIiDEB OF Hit. BLUM
THE MUIiDEB OF Hit. BLUM An account has been already given of the disappear- ance of Mr. James J. Blum, one of the masters of the High School at Bradford, on Saturday, the 28th of last month, and the recovery of his dead body on Monday, the 30 th, in a lonely spot on the shores of the Mersey, near Hoy lake. The following particulars have since transpired: — Mr. Blum, the deceased, was born in Germany, but was brought up in England. His father ia dead, and his mother and sisters reside in Prussia. He was an undergraduate of London University, and was intend- ing to take the science degree. He has a brother at school,in London. He has also another brother, who went under the name of Paul Bloomfield, a sailor. He served as a soldier in the American war, but was in Bradford in the latter part of last year. No one then saw him but Mr. Blum, who said he met him in the street, walked with him to a railway station, and saw him off somewhere. He then had come from Ham- burg. In December last, and probably not long after the occasion referred to, Mr. Blum helped him with money to go to Australia. He has, however, been seen in London since, and said he was wrecked. On the day when Mr. Blum disappeared he attended school as usual from nine to twelve o'clock, and after leaving met with Mr. John Anderson, the singing master of the school, with whom he made an appoint- ment for the Monday evening following. He after- wards called at the shop of Mr. H. B. Byles, book- seller, where he ordered" Babington's Manual of Botany," and took away with him the second volume of Dickens's David Copperfield." He next met, about one o'clock, in Market-Btreet, Mr. Cooper, of Bradford, who asked him what he was going to do with himself that afternoon and evening. Ha stated that after going home to dinner, about half-past one, he should have about two hours' writing; that he should then go to the laboratory of the school and make some chemical experiments, and that if-Mr. Cooper did not call at his lodgings before seven o'clock he would meet him at the Theatre Royal, where Mr. Phelps was performing that evening. After Mr. Cooper left him he was seen at twenty minutes past one by Mr. Charles Behrens, who stopped and spoke to him, but Mr. Blum cut short the conversation by stating that he was in a hurry, and had no time to spare, and hastened along in the direction of Bridge-street. It may be noticed that a train leaves the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway station, which is situated in Bridge-street, at 1.30 p.m. for Manchester and Liverpool, and that no train leaves eiiher of the other stations for any destiHation before 2 and 2.15. Some additional information has been obtained regard- ing the movements of Mr. Blum on Sunday, the 29th of April, the day following that of his disappearance from Bradford, and preceding that on whioh his body was found on the Redstones. At half-past two in the afternoon, two young men saw a person on the rocks, but they were at too great a distance to be ifole to dis- tinguish his features. He was without his hat, and was apparently enjoying the sunshine. From his move- ments it was conjectured he was smoking. Two young women, sisters, on their way to church in the evening, met Mr. Blum going down the lane towards the shore. He at that time was wearing his hat and spectacles, and they noticed nothing singular in his man- ner or appearance. One of the women afterwards saw Mr. Blum's body, and was sure of his identity. She also recognised him from his portrait. About two hours later, at eight p.m., he was seen by a woman walking on the sands at the back of the Royal Hotel, and she observed that he frequently consulted his watch. It will be remembered that when the body was found the watch and speota-cles were among the articles that were missing. At the spot where the body was found, which is about two miles from Hoy- lake, there are a series of rocks called Redstones. These rocks are only entirely covered with water at the time of the spring tides. The body was discovered on one of the highest points of these rocks on Monday afternoon by two young girls, who called the attention of a fisherman to it. It was lying in the hollow of a rock, with the back to the wind, the head resting on a ledge, the knees up, the feet crossed, one hand bent near the body, the other at the right side. The face was calm, as in a sleep. The fisherman at once apprised the police, and the body was removed. An inquest was held on the Wednesday following. The surgeon who gave evidence at the inquest said that life had in all probability been extinct for about three hours when the body was discovered, and that, although it was just possible Mr. Blum had out his own throat, the physiological conformation of his head was de- cidedly against the supposition of his having com- mitted such an act. Another medical man stated positively, as his opinion, that any person who had in. flicted such a wound as that which appeared on the left side of Mr. Blum's neck would have been unable, from the loss of blood, to do himself any further in- jury. The jury, nob having the means of identifying the body, returned an open verdict. Of course the friends of Mr. Blum at Bradford knew nothing of what had taken place at Hoylake. After his disappearance they made the greatest efforts, by advertising in the Times and other newspapers, and the circulation of police notices, to ascertain what bad become of him; but it was net until Tuesday week that anything respecting him was discovered. Shortly before noon on that dry Mr. Foggo, the head-master of the High School, received the following telegram from Mr. Hunt, the superintendent of police at Leeds, with whom he had been in communication for a week previously:—" Come over immediately. I have re- ceived news by post, and have very little doubt as to the identity of the missing gentleman." Mr. Foggo at once went ever to Leeds, and after seeing Mr. Hunt returned to Bradford and made arrangements that Mr. John Sutcliffe, formerly a master at the High School and an old friend of Mr. Blum, should go over to Liverpool and determine the correctness of the infor- mation which Mr. Hunt had received. On the same morning Mr. Graahan, the chlef constable of Bradford, had received a letter from Mr. Hammond, superinten- dent of the county constabulary at Birkenhead, stating that he had suspended the interment of a body after having seen the advertisment in the Times, and appending a paragraph from a Liverpool paper, giving a desaription of the dead man, which corresponded remarkably with that given of Mr. Blum in the adver- tisement. Mr. Grauhan, without consulting the friends of the missing man, at once replied, stating that the descriptions did not correspond with each other. Mr. Sutcliffe, however, accompanied by M. Landolphe, pro. feasor of languages, and Mr Cooper, of Bradford, who were both well acquainted with the deceased, pro- aeeded to Birkenhead in the afternoon, and on the following morning they went with Mr. Superintendent Hammond to Hoylake. There they were taken to the deadhouse and shown some clothing, which, although soiled and saturated with blood, they recognised as having been worn by Mr. Blum. Next they were taken to the coffin containing the body, which they at once identified as that of their lost friend. Deceased had two cuts, one under each jaw, and about an inch and a half apart. The wound on the left side was a clean cut of about two and a half inches long, with an abrupt termination near the windpipe; the other was of a similar character, bat a little shorter. There were several abrasions on the knuckles and on the back of the right hand, but no other marks of injury were perceptible. When Mr. Blum was last seen in Bradford he had on a black silk hat with maker's name inside, "Lee, Bradford," a reddish brown overcoat of light texture, a black frock coat and waistcoat, light tweed trousers, and elastic side boots. He had also a small gold Geneva lever watch with gold faoe, number 7,213, a gold Albert guard, with a seal or pendant attaohed by a steel ring, a gold signet ring with a plain white and pink onyx stone, a gold scarf pin, and steel spectacles which he invariably wore. He had also a small portemonnaie, which is known to have contained several pounds, and several letters in his pockets. When the body was found there were missing the hat, the gold watch and chain, the purse, the letters, and the spectacles. There was nothing in his pockets except 8s. in loose coin and a white pocket-handkerchief. The letter dated the 24th of April, addressed by the deceased to a young lady residing in London, to whom he was engaged, affords the only clue to his disappearance on the day named. —" I had a strange letter from Leeds from a stranger who is staying there on business. He comes from Hamburg, and wishes to see me. As it is impossible for me to go to Leeds until Saturday, I must consider in the meantime what to do. A strange thing, is it not P" No trace of the letter here referred to has hitherto been discovered, and most likely it was in Mr. Blum's possession when he left Bradford. It is surmised that the appointment mentioned in the letter may have been altered from Leeds to Liverpool. It is stated in the village of Hoylake that on the morning of the day on which the body was found two men were seen struggling on the Redstones, and that one of them was afterwards seen to come away alone. It may be added that no weapon of any kind was discovered near the body, and had the deceased com- mitted suicide, it is stated that the rocks are too far distant from the sands and water for him to have thrown anything where it could not have been dis- covered. The wounds are both so severe as to make it impossible for them to have been inflicted by Mr. Blum's own hand. It is very important that the brother of the deceased, known as Paul Bioomfield, or Blumfield, should be made aware of what has happened, as it is thought his evidence will throw light on the correspondence re- referred to in previous paragraphs. The following is the description given of him :— "Short-5 ft. to 5fo. 6in. (about); slender, but strong and wiry; swaggering like a real Northerner; about twenty-two years of age. Fought in the Ameri- can war, on the Northern side—perhaps on land, cer- tainly at sea. He was some kind of subordinate naval officer. Hamburg appears to be his favourite haunt; came from there towards the end of last year. Would very likely go back after the crime from Hull, on her return passage in the vessel that brought him her- about the 20th to the 23rd of April. Seems to have written from Leeds on the 23rd or 24i;h of April. She would sail on her return passage about days after that."
WILLS AJSiD BEQUESTS.
WILLS AJSiD BEQUESTS. The will of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, Kt., F.R.S., D.C.L., president of the Royal Academy, was proved in London on the 10th inst., by his reliot, Lady East- lake, the sole executrix. The trustees are John Murray, Esq., of Albemarle street, and Austen Henry Layard, Esq., of 130, Piccadilly. The personal property was sworn under X40,000, Sir Charles died on December 24, 1865, at Pisa, in Italy, at the age of 72, having executed his will only two days previously thereto, which is attested by Henry Greene, chaplain to the British at Pisa, and B. Elliott, F.R.S. Sir Charles has left to each of his trustees a legacy of .£50, free of duty; to his male attendant < £ 300, and to his cook iilOO, free of duty; to Lady Eastlaka an immediate legacy of .£300, and his residence, with his pictures, drawings, engravings, works of art, books, chattels, and all other household effects whatsoever. The residue of his personal property he dividea into two equal parts, leaving one moiety to Lady Eastlake absolutely, and bequeathed to her ladyship a life interest in the other moiety, which, at her decease, is to be equally divided amongst his three nephews, William Eastlake, Charles Lock Eastlake, and Henry Edward Eastlake, Esqa. The late Mrs. Rosetta Waddell, wife of James R. Waddell, Esq., of Holford-house, Regent's-park, has left the following bequests:—. £ 500 for the ereotion of a fountain in Warwick-square, Newgate-street; X300 to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals; X300 to the Printers' Pension Society; X300 to the Bible Society; X200 to the Church Missionary Society; £ 200 to Sfc. Bartholomew's. To the Rafuge for the Destitute, Field-lane; the Blind School, St. George's Fields; the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, old Kent-road; King's College Hos- pital, and Charing-cross Hospital, each .£50. To the poor of Christchurch, Newgate-street, < £ 100; the poor of Hammersmith, £ 50; Chigwell, .£25; Wanstead, < £ 25; St. James's, Piccadilly, X20. To the National School, Christchurch, Newgate-street, < £ 50; to the Lord Mayor for the poor-box, £ 50; to the senior magistrate at each of the metropolitan police offices, .£10 for the poor-box; and to the Sheriff of London for the time being .£50 for the poor prisoners.-Illas. trated London News.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR CAPITAL PUNISH- MENT. The Paris correspondent of the Globe gives the following rather sensational description of Les Enters du Bagne of Toulon: The Paris journals are employed in carefully hiding the details produced in a letter to the Messager du Midi from Toulon, wherein, while describing the arrival and departure of Lepine, the fashionable shoemaker of Paris, the member of the Legion of Honour, and the highly respectable citizen, condemned for murder of his mistress under the most aggravating circumstances, the writer proceeds to deaoribe the punishment awarded to the two con- victs who lately escaped from the Mourillon, and who were recaptured after several days' starvation in the woods and fields. These men have been consigned to what is called the "Hells of the Bagne." Now it seems necessary that the public should be kept in utter ignorance of the very existence of such a place in order that the French papers may go on boast- ing of the superior humanity of the French laws over those of every other nation, and each time they mention the cruelty of England and the torture of the lash," thank God, who has not made Frenchmen of the same harsh clay as that of which the Anglo- Saxon has been moulded. These hells of the Bagne consist of a number of subterranean cells hollowed out beneath the casemates of the fortifications of Toulon. They are just wide and long enough to contain the I body of a fall-grown man, who, if above the common height, has not sufficient room to Btretch his legs. The convict is chained by the leg to a ring in the wall, his hands crossed one over the other by a strong iron gyve above the wrist, remain in the same position daring the whole time of his punishment, which ex- tends to one, two, or tnree months,.according to the gravity of the offenee. He is forced to eat to sleep, and act with his hands in the identical pos. ture in which they were left by the blacksmith employed to rivet the double gyve on his entrance! No light is suffered to penetrate this Hell," and only just sufficient air to prevent its miserable inmates from being suffocated by the foetid emanations from the pail fixed in a hollow of the wall, and which forms the only furniture of the place. After a month or two of thia punishment, it seems that the man who has not meanwhile been conveyed either to the ceme- tery or the madhouse, is found to have grown tractable as any sucking dove. No convict has ever been known to incur the punishment a second time. The reason of this may be easily guessed, for there are but three to choose from. The writer of the letter mentions, by the way, that his visit to one of these "Hells" was accidental, the public never having been admitted even to a knowledge of their existence, lest the general in- dignation should bring down reprobation oa the Go- vernment.
FACTS AND F ACETIÆ. .
FACTS AND F ACETIÆ. Brewers' language—He brew. Why is a nabob like a beggar ?—Because he is an Indygent. What proof ia there in the Bible that Pharaoh was a carpenter ?-He made Joseph a ruler. A woman shouldn't be too sweet. To be smeared with honey ia to be teased by insects. I will never marry a woman who can't carve," said M.a;l Why P Because she would not be a help- meat for me." Whenever I'm awake in bed, I lie and think," Tom Bouncer said; To which remark the prompt reply Was, When you're up you think and lie." To kill bed-bugs-chain their hind legs to a tree, and then go around in front and make mouths at them. It was the "bowldest" of Fenians who told hia sweetheart that it was himself that couldn't slape for dhrameing of her." To Kill Cockroaches.—Get a pair of heavy boots, then catch your roaches, then put them into a barrel, then get in yourself and dance. A man who had been fined several weeks in suc- cession for getting drunk, coolly proposed to the magistrate that he should take him by the year at a4 reduced rate. An orator at a recent meeting of the common council compared that body to dogs with scalded tails. Who has ever seen the effect of that hot proceeding, and why are dogs' tails scalded ? Is it a pure bit of flowerycivio oratory F The Owl's" Verdict- This is our sentence, final and abiding Let Italy gain Venetia, Let Austria take Silesia, And let Prussia obtain—a good hiding." A Southampton authority says that when her Majesty was very young she visited that town, and, in conversation with the chief magistrate, she said, "Yours is a very ancient town, Mr. Mayor." His worship replied, "Yes, missie, it have been. A gentleman lately complimented a lady on her improved appearance. "You are guilty of flattery," said the lady. "Not so," replied he, "for I vow you are as plump as a partridge." "At first," said the lady, "I thought you guilty of flattery only, but you are now actually making game of me." Some blunders which have been made by bad spellers are quite ludicrous. One, on closing a letter, says: I would write further, but I have a pane in my head!" Another, a shoemaker, sending to a friend an account of a consuming fire, says: I have lost my awl!" What a devastating conflagration there must have been. At a recent lecture upon the steam-engine of to- day, some one exclaimed, in the midst of the learning being poured forth-" But what is steam, old fellow ? There was a great deal of tittering at the disconcerted appearance of the engine savant, and he proceeded to his lecture. This would not do, and the same voice exclaimed, But what is steam, old fellow ? General hilarity. Well," said he, after a moment, "I think it might be described as water in a state of extraor- dinary perspiration." Curious Epitaphs.—In Galligaer churchyard is the following, on a lady's tombstone, aged thirty-two: The world, kind reader, I espied, Looked around, then blushed and died; Resigning all its transient charms, I dropt into my Maker's arms." Another- Adieu, my friends, and children all, I must obey the Almighty's call; And children dear, pray love each other, And comfort your affectionate mother." A Pantheist minister met Dr. Emmons, the well- known evangelical preacher, one day, and abruptly asked—" Mr. Emmons, how old are you ?" Sixt^> sir; and how old are you ?" "As old as the creation.' was the answer, in a triumphant tone. Then You are of the same age with Adam and Eve ?" Cer- tainly; I was in the garden when they were." have always heard that there was a third -Dersou in the garden with them," replied the doctor with great coolness, "but I never knew before that it was von." At a recent meeting of the Royal Physical Society a communication on "The Pearls of the Ythan, Aber- deenshire," by the Rev. James Brodie, Monimail, Fife, was read. The following interesting anecdote occurs in Mr. Brodie's paper If we may trust tradition, the Ythan pearl is one of the gems that now adorn the British crown. Many years ago, before the coinage of Scotland was assimilated to that of England, two farmers were returning' from market. When'they came to the banks of the Ythan one of them dis- mounted, the other retained his seat, and holding the bridle in his hand stooped forward to let his horse drink. While in this position he observed, near the place where his companion was standing, a very large mussel, and called to him, 'I say, Tam, rax in the ° £ °?i end o' yer stiek, and get me that muokle clam- shell. It will be a famous thing for our Kate when she scrapes her sowana pot.' His comrade did as he had been requested, and the clam' was consigned to the farmer's capacious pocket. On opening it when he got home, he found that it contained a large and beautiful pearl. This he carefully preserved until an opportunity should occur of getting it disposed of to advantage. Some time after he had occasion to go to London, and took the pearl with him. While there he went to one of the principal jewellers in the city and showing him the gem, he asked him what he thought of it. It is very beau- tiful it is one of the finest pearls I have ever seen. Is it for sale ? Ow. aye, if you will give a lang aneuoh price.' After some further talk the farmer said, • Fat dae ya say to a hunner pun ?' He meant pounds Scotch. 'A hunner pounds, sir exclaimed the jeweller. 'It is a beautiful pearl, a very beautiful pearl, but a hundred pounds is a very large price, and Aweel,' said the Aberaoman, wno saw from the manner in which the jeweller spoke that if he stuck to his demand it would be granted, 'that's the price; take it or want it.' After a little hesitation the bargain was made, and the farmer got £100 sterling, instead of the hunner pun' Scotch, equal to X8 6s. 8d., which he asked when he went into the shop. The jeweller afterwards Bold the pearl to the King." A Warning in Time. Artemus Ward, the American wit and humorist, lately attended a Fenian meeting, and gives an account of what took place, from which we make one or two extracts. He says: The Town-hall was jam-full of peple, moatly Irish citizens, and the enthoosasm was immense. They cheer'd everybody and everything. They cheer'd me. Hurroo for Ward! Harrc)o! I They was all good nabers of mine, and I anserd in a pleasant voice, 4 All right, boys; all right. Mavourneen, och hone, aroan, Cooshlamaoree I' These Irish remarks ben received with grate applause. I added, 'Mushier! Mushier!' Good! good!" cried Capt. Spingler, who desires the Irish vote for County Clerk, that's fus'-rate.' You see what I'm driven at, don't you, Cap?' I said. I Certi[aly.' Well,' I anserd, 'I'm very glad you do, becaus I don't.' This made the Finiaas larf, and they said walk up onto the speaker's platform, sir. He complied with their request, and commenced 'his speech in the following manner:—"We had con- veend there in a meetin', as I understood it, or rather in a body as it were, in refresee to Irelaad.' If I knew my own hart, every one of ua there, both grate and small, had an impulse flowin' in his boosum. 'and consequentially, we will stick to it similar and in accordance therewith, as loijg as a spark of manhood, or the peple at large. That's the kind of man I be! He told them what asses they were making of then- selves, and related the following anecdote by way of warning" My Irish frens, you know me well enuff to know that I didn't come here to disturb this meetin'. Nobody but a loafer will disturb any kind of a meetin'. And if you'll notiss it, them as are up to this sort or thing, allers come to a bad end. There was a young man-.I will not mention his name-who dieturb'd my show in a certin town, two years ago, by makin' remarks disrepectful of my animals, accom- panied by a allosan to the front part of my hed, which, as you see, it is Bald-sa.;yin', says this young man, You B&ndpaper it too much, but you've got a beauti- ful head of hair in the back of your neck, old man.' This made a few ignent and low-minded persons larf; but what was the fate of that young man ? In less than a month his aunt died and left him a farm in Ox- ford county, Maine! The human mind can pictur DO grater misfortin than this."