The Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser

POLITICAL GOSSIP. I, •p ^OED STANLEY, M.P., ss Secretary of State for the Department, remains in town during the of his colleagues. 0J**ARSHAL BEIIEDES is at present at Bruck, a town in Sbyria, where he lives in.a very retired tn"t+iIi6r w*kh his family, passing his time in excursions JJ'Q mountains or in shooting game. » ^IKG VICTOR EMMANUEL has granted AN amnesty &11 political offences. The amnesty ia absolute, $>; 'hout any restriction or exception whatever- Maz- therefore, who is sojourning at the owiss iron tier, rOpmrin. to return to Itasy. „ lrE Oder Gazette saysFrom the moment the de- tor the annexation of Electoral Hesse arrived a g took place in tha prince's mode of life. Since ho has separated himself entirely from his ^t intimate friends, and he does Hot communicate any one. The general table to which, in addi- to the Countess Idenburg, tha court lords, and i 1Retimes even foreign guests, were daily invited, has ba0?. awtty with. Promenades and pleasure aul-es ^ave also ceased. Oa the 20th of August, the *«iversary of hia birth, the Prince Elector received j* ?^e except his daughter. The same day he sent 4t^°r Eschwegs, one of his aides-de-camp, on an ex- "Ordinary mission to_Berlin. (..AiroNGthe nominations in France of Major-General made by the Emperor of the French we were to ess tha same of the Baron Molesworth de oft'^t, remembered among in any of our Brittish 3°eta for hia brilliant services in the Crimea. He ia orated through tha Molesworth family with many rnlir English and Irish nobility. til Belgian Government is actively oconpiea m [j 0 ^aiisformation of the arms of tho infantry. The systems of needle-guns are studied with tha thai care iH Liege arsenals, and we have heard •w ^0 committee charged With this task has pro- tWf°e<i favour of a weapon leaving far behind it iaia0Ug Prussian arm.. Go* CUp"ious petition waa presented by major Dick- M.P. for Devon, during the recent Session of ^Uament. It was from T. Ward ana others, of Hull, restitution for losses sustained through the ^^oavdinent of Copenhagen by the British fleet, U Nelson. Has any one about Hastings a, claim Viv11*1 for damage done to the standing crops by Uham the Conqueror? The two matters might be <%idsred at the same moment! TliE, bii.ance in the Exchequer at tha end of the l a,ncial year 188b waa nearly £ 2,000,000 below that J the preceding year—. £ 7,691,000—. £ 5,851,000. It 1 of1 the lowest baiance recorded since 1856. Tho fa of the Exchequer was only following the jj3WQH of tho in distrusting- the banker and a low balanca. J teiu.FRENCH caricaturist represents an Englishman iaii French fi'iond out snooting. The Frenchman li;i<00a out as a hare passes by, Shoot him, shoot '•" But the Englishman replies^ 'flaa, noa, I q, he Hot been introduced to him. 1.113 is considered 7*d cut at our insular manners. -RUMOUR is now current at Berlin tu^ Bismarck ki T 9 made a Prince and named Grand. Chancellor of (w, Kingdom, a dignity which hitherto in Irussia naa £ Jy been conferred on two persons—fire", on the Inca of Hardenberg, and afterwards on M. de Minister of Jaetice, and ro-organiser of the eIal system in the Monarchy. Spectator of the 24th of August has tha foilow- h; :1 What do the London Reformers aspect to get c Worrying the Queen ? It is becoming a regular ti, -tice with them to ask permission to send deputa- to her .Majesty, and be mightily offended if it is to at once accorded. Suppose they have a legal right them, what then ? They have a legal right to their hats in the house when asked out to dinner, (3 do they perpetually assert it ? There would be sease in thesa persistent requests if the iaf 01 Were refusing the Ileform Bill, or likely to jLf it, or interesting herself against it in any way, there is not the faintest sign of any such intention Majefity's part. On the contrary, the belief in ^'•informed quarters is that the Prince Consort was Mm ^rarichise more liberal than any Minister avowa ^s6|f to be, and went as far as Sir Rouiidell Palmer, ^a ° did not fear that even household suffrage would en- ^ger the Constitution. At all events, to press by rsonal importunity oh a Queon, wj^iag or reluctant, Qasares she has no power to pass, is neither cour- ous aor constitutional.

Free Trade in Licenses.-Darinp,, t'ne last two ^rs'the Liverpool magistrates have thrown open the ^ting of licenEea to all persons of good character ^h suitable premises. Aa_ might, be anticipated, S policy has excited the bitter opposition of both licensed victuallers_and a large section of the local who have persistently denounced it as pro- th-n" an increase crime drunkenness, but ^'denunciations and assertions are just as ener- Jy-^ally denied by tho advocates of -unlimited" ^C0sing. A grand battle on this subject will com- ?lei« at tha borough licensing sessions on Monday, of clergymen will preseiita memorial fc'ai3{j the granting of any fresh licenses in the town, fx- 3sy are more thanBsaally.confident of success.oa Cla "icaeion.

| THE ARTS, IjITiI3EATU.BB, &c. THE National Gallery has just acquired a saparb Rembrandt, "ChmtBlesaing Little Children," a work i of considerable size, about five and a,.half feet uprght. The priea was £ 7,000. The picture fa not jet hung. Mr. E. M. WARD, I.A., complains of being victim- ised in Franca. One of the illustrated journals gives a wood engraving of Mr. Ward's "Family of Louis tha )' Sixteenth in the Temple," and suppressing the name of the artist altogether, describes the picture as the work of a French painter! f ON the last day's sale of the pictures, drawings, &3., belonging to the late Ron. and Rev: Dr. Wellealey, a vary small pen-and-ink sketch by B&phael was pur- chased, for the British Museum, for .£600. Tha history of soma of the other lots will form a singular chapter in the annals of auctions. A TALL shaft of Aberdeen granite has just been erected in Kensington-gardens, not, fal' from the head of the Serpentifie, to the memory of Speke, tho Aftieai traveller, whose melancholy death in 1864 is still fresh in our readers' recollections. It is inscribed simply 's Spake: in memory of the Victoria Nyanzs and .the Nile, 1864." A VERY spirited photograph, from as spirited a painting by Captain Anderson, of the Great Eastern paying out the Atlantic cable, has been pabiisjhed by Messrs. Demezy and Hemery, the photographers. The Great Eastern walks tha waves a giant monarch, and the triad of attendant vessels are lihe subject liege-folk, ready to fuliil the monarch's behests. THE United States Congress, during it* recent session, passed a Bill giving to a Miss Minnie Beam a contract for a statue of the late President Lincoln. Miss Ream, who seems to ba unknown to fame if not fortune, is to receive 10,000 dols. for the work. Con- gress also passed a Bill giving 20,000 dols. to Henry L. Brown, of Newburgh, New York, for an equestrian statue of the late General Scott-the, statue to bo in bronze, made of guns captured by the Federal forces in Mexico, and to be placed over the grave of Scott at Weat Point. THE (grand Welsh festival, called the National Eisteddfod is announced to be held injhe sncieat city of Chester on the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7ttt of September. Meetings will be carried on in a large pavilion, capable of seating between 7,000 and 8,000 people. Upwards of £ 400 will be awarded for literary composition, music, singing, works of art, &-c. The President of sle the first day ia Sir Watkhi Williams Wynn, M.P.; the second day, Mr. John Williams, of ADsIeaea,, the third day, the Ma.yor of Chester tlie-fourfch day to be devoted to the performance of the Messiah, and other pieces. ONE of the bas-reliefs on tlkia T)e(IAFtal which supports the colossal statue of Eichsad Craur de Lion, in Ralaoi-yard, the work of Charles, Baron Marooheiti, is now completed, and is attracting much attention, It is admirably and elaborately executed, representing Kiag Biahard, a short time before his death, lying pi. Ostrate on his conch, when Bertram do Goiitdon, his intended assassin, is brought before him. On Bertram being brought into tha King's cresencs, tha King cried out, "Wretch, what have I ever done, what injury have you received from me, that you should seek my life?" What in- jury have you done to me!" the prisoner coolly re- plied, witih an air of bravery, "why, you have killed with your own hands my father and my two brothers, and you intended to have hanged me. I am now in your power. Satisfy your reve»ge; I am prepared to suffer every torment you can inflict; I shall endure them all, and die with pleasure since I have been the instru- ment to deliver the world from such a tyrant, who has filled it with blood and carnage." This spirited reply had a great effect on the mind of Richard, and he for- gave the assassin. The other bas-relief will shortly be finished this statue will then be complete. Mr. JAMES CkOLL has published an laIPOrUU11ri paper, "On the Influence of the Tidal Wave on the Motion of the Moon, in the Philosophical Magazine for August. X-io considers that the earth is gradually approaching1 nearer and nearer to the moon, and that he has shown additional reasons for the conclusion that influence of the tidal wave will not only stop the dlurual motion of the eaitb, but will ulti- mately bring the moon to the earth's surface." Dr. GRAY has issued a fourth edition ot his IUlle- trated Catalogue of Postage Sbamps," for tho L-soof collectors. THIS indicates the interest which continues to be taken in which, as the doctor observes, has a. literature of its own. The epigraph on the back of the title-page serves to' indicate the antiquity of posts:—"And he wrote in the king Ahaseurus's name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries." The quota- tion is from Esther. To Cyrus is ascribed the first establishment of couriers and post-houses in Persia. In England, Edward the Fourth has the credit of establishing them, not for the public good, but for hi own advantage. He placed horsemen at a distance of 20 miles, who carried one to the other, news for the king, of tho progress of the war with the Scots. I.-I.

OPINIONS Ol THE PRESEt I Yarmouth Election Commission. Ignorance, indeed, is bliss in Yarmouth elections, and it is astonishing to see ho?? thoroughly blessed the people are in that; respect. But HO one can be deceived by it for a moment, aad ortences a thousand times more venial than those committed by Sir. Night- ingale and Mr. Cooper are daily expiated on the tread- mill. It is impossible, indeed, to exaggerate their per- nicious and degrading effect, and as our legislators will not try the ballot-box to remedy tha mischief, why should they not try the treadmill? If "illegal agents" and disinterested gentlemen with more money in their possession than is good for them were to ba subjected to the influences of extremely short hair and "skillee," perhaps they would net exhibit such an enterprising spirit in the heat of a contested elec- tion.-Tilalicl"es"e, Exaii?,iner. The Banquet to ex-Governor Eyre at Southampton. There is something due, we presume, to the cha- racter of public men, to the interests of the public service, and to the honour of those who, like Mr. EyrfJ, have served the country with all their heart and all their strength. Justice should be vindicated volun- tarily. and Dot compelled to rest wholly on the arm of the law. Ko one wants to beg the question, or to evada its solution, by any sentimental subterfuge, but that which is equitable commends itself to the feeling as well as to the reason of a civmsed and instructed J people. It is plain and beyond all dispute that, under trying circumstances, Mr. Eyre honestly and cour- ageously exercised the judgment and ability which he Possessed. That he may have erred is equally indis- putable but if, for an error of judgment, the servants of the Crown are, as Macsulay puts it, to have the axe ever before their eyes," they might be driven to unworthy compliances-to concessions to agitation in- compatible with their duty, or, on the other hand, to measures aa cruel and sanguinary as those which they were seeking to avoid.—Morning Post. The banquet to Mr. Eyre at Southampton is perhaps the most shameful fact in our modern history. For- tunately for the honour of the country it was answered by a public meeting held the same evening, when re- solutions condemning the Jamaica atrocities, and the man responsible for them, were unanimously passed by one of the most enthusiastic gatherings ever held in the town. If the friends of Mr. Eyre can boast that he was received with open arms by peers, by clergy of the Established Church, and — save the mark!.—by ladies, who waved their handkerchiefs in honour of the public omoer who permitted women to be flogged with wire cats, and under whose adminis- tration women, some or them about to become mothers, were hung as rebels-the opponents of Mr. Eyre and his barbarities may well be satisfied that the heart of the English people ia sound, and that now as heretofore they have shown their abhorrence of cruelty, and their determination to uphold the safeguards of law.—The Star. American National Debt. The debt of the United States, which amounted on 1st August, 1868, to £554>,083,9°0, is 25 millions less than it was on the same date in the year before—per- haps the most astounding fact in the whole history of finance. This American people, whion, according to the Times and the Club-men, was about to. oemaol- vent, has in the year after a tremendous war, and with half its territory disorganised, raised a revenue greater than that, of Great Britain, paid every expenditure, and paid off.25 millions of debt, reducing the total nearly one-twentieth. At this rate the war debt will disappear ia i-0 7 ears, r r alliwia,™ jor tha r.on il rate of American increase, in-12, a fae*- the Spetf- ■■ roc I mends to those who believe that democracy always ra- puaiates. Mr. Gladstone, remembering his poor little half-million, must feel terribly envious; but then, any- thing in the way of taxation can be done with a nation which will allow individual incomes to ba published in tae newspapers—a practice which strikes English- men, whose habit is to exaggerate their incomes to their fnenda and depreciate them to the tax-collectors, as absolutely revolutionary.—Spectator. Useful Charity. i That a vast deal of mischief is done in the world by j thoughtless almsgiving cannot be denied. The man who habitually and indiscriminately flings halfpence to street beggars, inflicts mischief on the commu- nity, and most frequently injures the very objects whom he intends to benefit. The wholesale squander- ing of superfluous coppers is a lazy kind of benevolence, which does not deserve the name of charity. If the donor were really in earnest-if he put his hand into his pocket for some better motive than the wish to escape importunity, he would think it worth while to investi- gate the alleged distress, to follow the beggar home, to spend a little labour and diligence in ascertaining that his bounty was needed, and rendering it effectual. A great many fine sayings have been uttered about the tests of true beneficence; but we think enough has not bean said respecting one simple test of its reality the amount of labour which it im- poses on the benefactor. The object of charity is very similar to that of all good government—to help those who cannot help themselves. The ends proposed by the constitution of a State and the foundation of a hospital are alike in this—both are organised for the better accomplishment of social duties, in protecting individuals whose suffering would entail disgrace and injury on society. The difference is that the State must work by fixed rules; the charity is more flexible in its operation, and can, therefore, find out cases of. need and suffering which general laws cannot reach or remedy. It supplements, accordingly, the action of the State; provides by special arrangements for special necessities; and m doing eo gives a wider scope to individual devotion and benevolence. Of courge, notwithstanding all the effects of humane laws, supplemented by private efforts, there must ever remain an enormous amount of mundane misery without succour or relief. Such considort-tions in- cnleate humility in all benevolent undertakings, but surely furnish no excuse for relaxing our efforts to diminish the sum of human wac.-Daily Telegraph, .A-

WHY RAILWAY ACCIDENTS OCCUR. do not suppose that railway companies make private arrangements for producing accidents, but tho perseverance with which they retail at every booking-office insurance tickets in ca-se of accidents, does suggest the idea of their having some interest in sprinkling the line with a collision or two, jast to whet the insurance-ticket appetite. In America accidents are Eowoll provided for on certain lines, that a safe journey is recorded as a phenomenon; and it is said that travellers, whose business is most urgent, got their limbs amputated before taking their aeat, to save delay on the journey. We have not attained to thia foresight in England, but if regard be had to the state of railway management, we need not despair of it. borne incidental evidence has lately come to light of great importance as to the origin of railway accidents —and it comes from the railway workmen themselves, who are the best able to give information upon the sad subject which has bafflsd so many coroners' juries. A meeting of railway clerks and employes has just been held in London, to consider the best mode of forming a society to procure Sabbath rest, decreased hours of labour, and increased pay. About 500 were present. It was requested that the names of the speakers might not be given, since, as one of them remarked, he might get discharged next day for having spoken. It was stated that it was no uncommon thing for men to be at work on Sundays, and have no day of rest for six weeks together, whilst at Gloucester station there was a man who had not had one for over 20 years! One speaker stated that he had seen engine- drivers, who had been at work for 22 and even 23 hours, so exhausted as to fall into a lethargic sleep on the foot-plate of the engine, utterly unconscious of falling snow or rain, whilst they were taking in coal or 1 water for another journey. At Carlisle he knew a poistaainn who kept a record of his day's work. In one day, from six a.m. to six p.m., he pulled 1,424 levers for altering the points, and was hardly able to crawl out of hia box when his relief came. Hallways gavethaseBienlShoura* work on Saturday. When- ever they read of the accidental death of such men, they should add that it was acoelerated by over- labour." He had seen a signalman asleep in his box, and one train stopping for the signal and another behind it. The average pay of such men waa 16s. to 17s. 6d. a week. With such wages how was it possible for a man to live, when rent and the price of food had I so increased, the form or chiefly through the railway companies ? ilie.0 /a.cu3 do Hoi read w^U. "Why should fchssa men be afraid to give their names ? It is the interest of public companies to know all that their employes can say as to their condition and duties. We should have thought that the excessive damages given by juries had made railway companies alive to their own interests. The exhausted condition of overworked men must be fatal to the security of life in trains. Can no Act of Parliament for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals be made to apply to the companies who thus overwork their men? Why should not the meii: petition to be put under one of the Ton Hour A.cts In omplayceent attended with such frightful risks to the lives of the public, the men should not only be sufficiently paid, so as to secure their utmost vigilance, and keep theai in good health for the vigorous discharge of their duties, but they should never be allowed to work till exhausted, when they can" ba no longer relied upon. These employes really throw important light on railway accidents, and their evidence deraands grave consideration by the public. Until improvement is compelled in the respeots pointed out, railway accidents areinevitahlo.—- Working Man.

OUR MISOELIiAHY. Hints on Sea Bathing.-Invalids should be pre- vented bathing before breakfast. But due time must be allowed for the digestion of the meal, as any strong impression on the mind or body is liable to arrest or destroy digestion; therefore two hours should elapse after breakfast, and three after dinner before the bath ia taken. At this time also the water is warmer. It is preferable to take the bath after breakfast than later in the day. Even strong persons, unaccustomed to bathing-, are liable to be much depressed by a bath taken before breakfast. Children should never bathe before ten or eleven. The patient must be directed to plunge at once into tha water, and not to stand shiver- ing for some time until tha surface of the body is cooled. He should dip down and allow each wave to- pass; completely over him. It is the temperature of the sea to which we must have regard when we give directions to patients at what time of the year they may bathe with advantage. If the patient is not much debilitated, the months ;of May and September are good, and they should choose a shore on which the billows ara rough. If, on tho other hand, the patient be weak and depressed, the summer months are pre- ferable, and a calm sea should be chosen.—Medical Times. A Word about the End of the World.—The I works of Omnipotence, or, if it be preferred, the pro- cesses of nature, are usually slow and progressive; we know that countless agea have been occupied in the creation of the world to its present state, and we justly think that the progress of decay will be as long and as gradual. But a phenomenon like the bursting forth of this star annihilates the notion that nature's great works are slowly performed. Within the space of a few hours, ay, almost instantaneously, this star, this distant sun, kindles to a heat compared to which its normal heat must have been insignificant; and if this star condemned was the centre of a system of worlds, their destruction must have been the work of a moment. And our sun is but a little star in the im- mensity ofthe universe. Indestructible and imperish. able as the solar system seems to us to be, a few hours j might (by inference from the case before us) suffice for, its annihilation. In the temporary outshining; of the little star we have so lately witnessed, we have a warn- ing of. the probable fulfilment of the prophecy, that "the earth and all that therein is shall be burned uo." —J. Carpenter, in Once a Week." Fire-Flies in the West Indies.—There are t wo kiodQ of candle-flies, the largo and small. Tha lafrga, by tha negroes, Penies-Oo not | thro-iv but •-Ught unless when on the wing, and > t&ea.ifc is; 3. brilliant,-steady, bat goffe and silvery glow. The smaller species—called Winkles, from the motion of their light-emit their rays independently of flying, but, unlike their larger brethren, their light is never still. It appears and disappüarf3, incessantly and monotonously, as if the wondrous glqprocøededJrom their eyes, and they were nfaceasingly winking-thus their name of Winkie. This sbort explanation is necessary for the better understanding of the ensuiag My father and myself had been spending n > 'V-571' a J-isndj whose residence was at so*aa miles distance from our own. and had not left until the shades of evening were closing in. There was no carriage roads in tha district 19 which we lived, it being too mountainous and rocky, and we had ridden ovar. The ydad was Ciiifco familiar to us, and we did not miniÍ the lat^Aas. I of the hour, although it would have been unsafe and even dangerous for a stranger to havs traversed it after nightfall,_for it was very narrow,rocky and un- even, and so hilly that there was not an interval of cantering space. The road for some distance lay along the banks of a stream of no great depth, bat aescending from some height among the immense rociis and stones, occasioned an almost deafening Boise. It waa a scene to have terrified one unacs customed to it. The pitchy darkness, the roaring stream, tumbling and crashing among the rock, and raveroerating through the dense wood on either side; the screaming cricket-that matchless ventriloquist— parting Ms shrill tones into every nook and cranny of uhe darkened space, while thousands re-echoed it; the ioud and varied voices of countless insects, the twit,tar- ing of birds, croaking of frogs and lizards, screeching of owls, and every other sound known and unknosvn, iormeu a tableaux at once startling and curiously j attractive to the naturalist and one unaffected by t Family Paper. I Hussian Customs.—"Bat come here Into this want to tell you about Lucy. That young htdy has a strong determined character, and must have been trained in good principles. During the first three months _she was in my family she effected a great change m it. You know how abjectly the peasants behave when they ask a favour or receive one P" they cross themselves, bow down their head?. r level with their heels, kiss your feet, grovel on the very ground, and kiss the earth you walk on.' 'So it is and we are so much accustomed to it, that this servility seems natural. They will do it to our children when occasion requires, crawling and gro. velling before them. Poor young things, what can they imagine but that the abject souls are dogs and pig's compared with themselves? I have seen one little fellow, not disposed to grant a request to a qreat sotawling man, join to his denial a kick in the face! IVell, one day, after Lucy had been a short time here, two male peasants came in and began their pros- trations before the young girls; they bad. a Detition to make to me, and wished for their a intercession. Sanya, although she is! a good girl, took it quite in order, as part of her I birthright. Not so Lucy; I was in the next room, and heard her say, Get up, men, and stand on your feet like human beings; I will not hear a word while yon lie on the floor; and looking through the curtains, I saw her with her fingers in both ears. Sanya. said, "Lucy, dear, let them go on; they are only xnouahicks.' They are men,' said Lucy; and turning to them she said, 'Now listen, and* remember what T to!! mm. never go on yonr knees and kiss tho ground to me again. I won't have it; yon must kneel to God only. Stand up and make your request in a respectful manner, then I will hear you, and help yon if I caD.' The moushicks did not understand her; they stared in blank astonishment f they heard her words of rebuke, but supposed that they had not been abject enough; and again cast themselves down at fall length. Lacy ran into my arms and burst into tears. My Sanya could not for a long time understand it, but I hope I did; and the end is, that this abominable praetice has been peremptorily abolished in my family."—Sketches of Russian Life. After Starvation.—We throw our rags into the Thompson, donned our new attire, and then en- joyed the otium cum digniiaie to our heart's content, and over grateful pipes inquired the news-not of the day, but of the past year. Great events had occurred during our seclusion from the world. We heaed-'for the first time of the marriage of the Prince of WaIêa, the Polish insurrection, the prospect of war between Denmark and Prussia, the progress of the American contest. But although this was delightfnl enough, it was not the greatest pleasure we enjoyed. The height of happiness-we say it advisedly, yet knowing the contempt which must overwhelm us: it is true, oh, philosopher; it is true, dear lady, with strong mind and spectacles, wearer of cerulean hose—the height of happiness was eating and drinking Doal with us gently, sour asceties and stern divines adhomng the carnal, and corpulent, virtuous magistrates who sit in judgment on miserable creatures driven into sin by starvation — expertis crediie. Have we not thousands on our side of this great city who daily hunger ?-not to mention a few aldermen and a well-fed bishop or two to back ua on principle P Talk'not to us of intellectual raptures; the mouth and stomach are the doors bv which enter true delight. Mutton chops, potatoes, bread, butter, milk, rice-pudding, tea and sugar: contrast dried horse-flash and water, or martens, or nothing at all, with these luxuries! The ordinary bountiful meals of the fort were quite inadequate for our satisfaction, and we managed to interpolate three more by rising early in the morning, before the good people of the fort were up, and breakfasting with Mr. and Mrs. Asainiboine, who dwelt in the tent hard by, seorefely visiting them again between breakfast and dinner, dinner and supper. We rested from eating only from a sense of repletion, not from any decrease of appetite. Under this active treatment our meagre bodies rapidly waxed gross, and three weehs after- wards Cheadle made the astounding discovery that he had gained 41 lb. since his arrival at Kamloopa.-The North-West Passage by Land. The Cost of a Carriage.—And now a few worils about the expense of a carriage. The least trouble- some method is to job the whole concern, and have man, horses, carriage found, fed, and kept in order, for one or two contracts, with nothing to order except the coachman's livery. But if you prefer the trouble and amusement of having and-feeding your own horse?, in your own stable, thee'the proper cost may be easily calculated by reference to a ready reckoner and the prices of corn. and hay. Any average harness horse can be kept in condition for hard work with seven packs of oats, and seven stone of bay a week, and he will also want a hundredweight of straw for litter. These would cost about 12s. 6d. a week at the prices of 1S65. The very largest carriage pair of horses, with six quarterns of oats a day, could not, consrme fodder to the amount of more than about thirty shillings a week for the pair. To this must be addsd rent of stables, leathers, brushes, and other tools for dressing the animals, say about sixpence a week, ,and tha wages of the coachman. Bat it will be_ found that ladies and idle gentlemen pay for at least twice as much fodder a a their horses can consume. To keep down the corn- dealer's bills without sacrificing the horses, there is a secure receipt in the plan on which Chinese court physicians are said to be paid. Contract with a re- spectable corn dealer, and make your man's place and certain extra wages in spring and autumn, before and beginning and end of the season depend on the condi- tion of the horses. Tell him you listen to no excuses, but only judge by results. As a rule, the horses of gentlemen suffer most from too much hay and corn, too little regular work, and too frequent a resort to physic. Finally, if economy is important to you, you must learn the art, and attend to your stable yourself. If, on the other hand, you can afford to save yourself trouble, be assured that those who pay punctually and liberally cgu always be well served by coaoh- builders, horse dealers, corn dealers, and saddlers, and that in each claaa thoroughly respectable men are to be found by those who want to find them.-All the Year Round. —

It is computed that there are 30,000 tramps in England, of whom a great majority are professional beggars. The amount of contributions levied in the nama of charity by the whole class probably exceeds half a million. Tiie Great Manchester Stamp Robbery.- At the .Bow-street, Police-court, on Monday, Charles plasterer, and landlord of the.Crystal Foun- f,Mn"beigsh,)p in St. Alb&n's-terrace, ICennington-road Lambeth, was charged with burglariously breaking and entering a warehouse at -Manchester ana stealing stasnps of■ vafitms denominations to the val^o of £ 10,000 and »pw:yors. This, as will be Sot once per- ceived, aris8&;Gut tsLt|xai Jg,tfe stamp robbery, for which Charles Bast was «ofl*&itfced for trial on Thursday ]ast..t'¡deIlcl;d1fi)'TGI;r been .given, to show the pri- •i t" oft^P^cifey wHS-B att, the magistrate remanded iill ttfMancheafer fdifarfchar examination.

SXTKACTS rBOM ?OCH" "FUN." SONG OF THE GROUSE. Air.—Yell i Spain." YemenibersoteachEouae, i, Now resting on your oats, Go shoot the savoury gr;:m¡;13, That are lying on the Moors: Ye gillies, brawny built, Large if the baga should be, Oh, great your master's guilt, i If they don't send birds to me. The singers sing their last, i The theatres close fcheir doors; >: Oh, take the train marked fast, 1 For your shootings on the Moors: Tha country and the sea, Bronze every cheek bus mine, The last man doomed to be, •■ i Beside the Serpentine. Breech-load, breech-load Y011r:gu.11s, j And make amazing scores Oh, think not of your duns— ForgetthemoEitheMoors: Mine ia a hapless fate, j To stay, the season over— •' Your boxes, I'll await, And then be oi? to Dover; Ona word I'll only say, To my friends on suooting tours — Be sure the carriage pay, For it's heavy—from the Moors. EPIGRAMS. (By a Metropolitan Martial.) I. — PABALISIS. Sc, Snider, who was won't to preach 'J" The use of loading by the breech, To whom our E&fields owe conversion, Is ill-see papers, whose assertion, Amounts to this-to put it plain—■ Paralysis, and of the brain, Brought on by worry and anxiety Dae to delays and contrariety Of stubborn Governmental Boards I Inventors! toilers sans rewards, How true this is I need Dot mention- You know that the official mind Seems always thoroughly inclined For paralysing all invention II.—A POSSIBLE OPERATION. I f The King of Prussia, now victorious, Has been a little too vainglorious, When France in interests of peace Would interpose and bid him cease, His Majesty some temper shows off, And rudely snaps tha Emperor's nose off. Though now is borne his speech sarcastic— He'll find anon that Emperor Nap. Will try to cure his wound, mayhap, An operation Rhine-oplaetic III.—OS MINISTRIES. Poor human nature Siuce the Carse It seems compelled to be per versa. Why Eitafosraon-and it saems their mission t Make Governments-out of opposition AN AFFECTING STORY. A poet by a streamlet's side Reclined upon the aas- His ooat—and eke hia vest fiung wide, For zephyrs that might pass. It was the dewy eve, and sleep Upon his weighed, As with a murmur low and deep, The stream beside him strayed. A tiny gnat with pipings shrill Was dancing at his ear— The poet shook his curb, but still The little fly drew near. And aye, it hovered o'er the strand, • And piped so Loud and gay- And thrice the poet raised his hand And brushed the gnat away. But drowsiness comes on so fast! The poet's eyelids olosi- The spell of sleep is o'er him cast, He sinks into repose: And the little gnat is free at last To settle on his nose. WANTED, A BISMARCK. Judy knows, and Toby too-plumpest of pugs-that Punch has no love for despotism abroa.d or at home. Yet there are seasons when in no splenetic mood, but with a pensive and chastened indignation, be feels as if a "little paternal government," assuming that those terms are synonymous with promptitude, vigour, and pressure, would not be altogether distasteful to him. The seasons in question are- 1. When a friend with an earnest heart describes his walk through a sick pauper ward, until he himself be- came faint with horror, Mr. Punch, Jookintr around for some responsible enperviso, exclaims, "Wanted, a Bismarck." 2. When Mr. Punch is reminded of tanks, cisterns, bins, and butts, for miles along a tainted shore being overlooked by a mythical inspector of nuisances in- stead of being looked into, he in his utt'er bewilder- ment is tempted to exclaim, Wanted, a Bismarck." 3. When a correspondent writes of perils encoun- tered in his scamper not over American prairies, but through Hyde-park of regal fame, and dismally relates how he was hustled, robbed, and maimed on that pri- vileged plain by Anglo-Saxon savages, Mr,, Punch, raising his solemn eyes to the imperturbable Woods and Forests, says, with a. despairing sigh, Wanted, a Bismarck." PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. On tho reopening of Parliament Mr. Whalley will move for a return of the number of Roman candles burnt at a display of fireworks at the Crystal Palace. The M.P. for Peterborough intends asking for an inquiry into the constitution of the Adelphi Company, which, he suspects of tendencies to Romer. The distinguished representative of a northern cathedral town, who is one of the best singers in the House of CotntaonB, is to introduce a bill for the sup- pression of the Royal Geographical Society, which he asserts encourages an inclination to roam in foreign lands. BOTANICAL MEMS. Why is a strawberry like a cabbage-leaf cizar Because it is not a genuine "Baecs." Why is The Morning Si<m like a cotyledon P—Be- cause it aids the development of the 'Radicle." Why is opium like a tratkfui father ?—Because it is papa-veraceous. A BLUE LOOK OUT.—Mr. Glaisher has discovered a blue fog" at Greenwich, which ha thinks may be connected with the cholera. From all we could ever learn on the subject, "blue funk is a more probable predisposing cause of cholera than blue fog." A CITY ARTICLE. Amongst the companies recently formed is the Merchant Tailors' Company, Limited. A correspondent writes to inquire whether ail the 'directors usually ait on tneBoard.. LOVERS' LOGIC.—Edwin. yuu-eo, dearest, a fellow oun b exist without his heart, and, as you happen to have mmo, of oourse I can't exist without you.- Anpehna. Oh, you absurd creature COMPLICATED. By otrs NoKTK BEATON.—Why were the Greeks liba the Scotch people who refused to a.low a young lady to look out; of window on a Sunday ?— Because they'd no let .her ;see. LE FOLLST.—Bonnets have becomo so email that they have ceased to have crowns threepehny-piecea being found quite large enough. HOMAGE TO SUCCESS.—Bismarbk is a man to be envied by dramatic authors: hisjitragedy has aue- ceeded. THE HEIGHT OF Irnow a girl so industrious that when silo ha3 nothing else to do she knits her brow?. -ADVICE TO TES TORIES WHO^AXT A. "GOOD CEY."—Apply to the Home Secretary, -HINT TO HOUSEMAIDS —HOW to destroy flisa— encGurag-e spiders. TSE MINISTRY WE DON'T WISH TO SEE GO OUT. .-The ministry of the women of England in tha hos. pitals.. THE SOAKER'S PARADISE.—Diopmora., FeU R G AXE. Bbek cock. i\ ] Slti1

A big. gun, weighing 40 01,Olb8., manufactured at Angouleme, has jast been brought to Toulonfor the iron clad ship Taureau, which is about to'try experiments with it. The Toulon papers say this gun will send a ball through the strongest ironsides in existence.