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ENGLYNION I GYMDEITHAS LENYDDOL A DAD- LEUOL BANGOR. Hotf Fangor, goror hen gewrt.-wnaeth YnAthcnEryrt; P'le o'! nixiiit mevn braint, a bri AtwyddoddynaiHddit Yma daeth y 03,mtieitlias —tenytt.M Yn addurn 1'0 dioss Arano'igwrai(tddawltenagra9, A dardda yn ffrwd o u rddas. Gwyr ifaine yn gewrt hyHon.—drMthMt Areitlliali fol GIA(istolle I'n hoes thyw Arfonwyson. Geir'nmysx—&G'renwy M9n. Y ffnl wr a'l ftHore.-â 'u fnJ Tan faicti eu rheaymei!: Cwmni Ilwyth )' tylwyth teg, Ni chawti Ili I- byth yn cliwaneg. Dadtemnt. 6wy]mnt en ptytM.—notant, F,An,vlion y lirvclvil(l, A thrinant yr athrenydd. Iol.tfi!mpcetfas"'ydd. Beitddton. cerddorion a d,l:teth, doethion (iymdeithas ein talaeth. I goethi a chndi chwaeth. I gadalr fawr drsgeidiaeth. W)'r Uaine hoff, pa rhyledrl,-os codwch OdysKeidiaith a rhinwedd. Ifweh y San—uweh u\\ch eich tedd. AradenMr&nihydedd. Hen ei;wyddor Cyn)retf:yddion—fyth. fyth Geittfod yn ein Mton. Cymdeithas. iirditai beirddion. A mur iaith Cymru yw hon. A) Fat gor fawr tenorot. -ymdywallt MaeDuwynrMHiOt; Pobda'vnadV!t!:t;:twno'iKSI. Yn<oroedd(;ortifeiriol. BANGORFAB.

??b?n) ?Mc. (I)\t ibra1 (f:ble. GEMS OF GEKXAX PomttV.—Translated by Lady J. Man- ners. London and Edinburgh W. Blackwood and_ Son. The task of translating poetry is not an easy one. To render prose into another language by one who is familiar with both, is by no means dimcult; except in instances, which are very rare indeed, where terms occur in the original for which there are no adequate substi- tutes in the language into which it is to be renderj ed. But to translate poetry, preserving the sense and rhyme requires a native genius, which not many are found to possess. Lady J. Manners evidently possesses that genius, and she has given the British public some versions, alike truthful and elegant, of the Gems. to be found in the works of Heine. Muller. Goethe. UIiband, and other popular and well-known German poets, The volume will be very acceptable to all lovers of poetry and we have no doubt it will make its way to most bou- doirs and drawing-Moms. We give one extract. as a specimen of the beauties to be found in the book :— ViXETA, by W. Muller. Out of ocean's lowest depths are swelling Chimes of evening bells, so faint and low Marvellous legends they are telling, Of that wondrous town of long ago. In the lap of ocean deeply sunken, 'Neath the waves its ruins still remain Pinnacles and spires, with renex golden, There, as in a mirror, shine ag.du. And the sailor, who that magic glimmer, One hath seen 'neath the clear evening red, Towards the self-same bourne must steer for ever, Though the cliff one morning dread. Out of the hearts' inmost depths arc swelling Tones, like sweet bells chiming, faint and low; Wondrous histories they are telling, Of the love it cherished long ago. For a world of beauty there is hidden, There the ruins ever must remain Oft, like the golden tire from Heaven, Mirrored in my dreams, they shine again. And I fain into the deep world plunge me, Lose myself in the mirage once more And methinks i hear the angels call me, To that city wonderful of yore." VILLAGE LIFE IN SWITZERLAND.—By Sophia Duberly Delmard. London Longman and Co. Mrs. Delmard is an agreeable writer: and she gives us vivid pictures of the manner and customs of those Mafantt who. living in hamlets scattered amongst the?lps see and hear but little of the world beyond their mountains and who, with many of the common qualities of humanity have as many, or more, peculiari- ties) of their own. The authoress appears to have been a keen observer, and sh" has great talent for description. Take this sketch of the washwoman for a specimen They are the greatest gossips, the loudest talkers, the biggest eaters, and sometimes drinkers, of any in the canton. They are all ugly. old and bent, with lean hands, wizened faces, and thin legs. All wear immense hats, with a kurb at the top; and their old petticoats and sacketa might have been buried some hundreds of years, and then dug up again. The three or four days that. twice a year, they are on a visit to your house, your servant) have quite enough work i'l cooking a variety of dishes, to suit their fastidious appetites, for they have a diet peculiar to their body and if you don't oblige them in tlus respect, you are left in the lurch, and your linen must go unwashed." They, as well as most of the in- habitants. are subject to that most unpleasant as well as painful disease, the goitre, In the village of Hex, in the Canton de Vand. the authoress says, 1 'lo not know a female, ynung or old, that can be said to be without it. If they have not the large !/oUI'e hanging to the waist. they have the lumpy swollen neck and though the dress of the men render it less observable in them. it is rare to find one with a throat the size that nature g.tve him. Nor is the disease coutined to man alone animals fre- quently suffer from it; and, from my own experience, I can speak of two cases: one, our Spitz, that we had bMU"ht from Germany, had not been there above three months when she had a .<("'<)'<' longer than her head, that was cured in a (ew weeks, by rubbing with iodine ointment, and applying bandages wetted with alconol camphirc; the other, a St. Bernard dog, was similarly at- tacked, and also recovered." The Swiss are republicans, and wo hear from the liberals of our own country many highly varnished tales of their simplicity, honesty, integrity, and other good quahhos. Mrs. Delmard found little to commend-the men being. aa a rule, given to idleness and drinking; whilst the women are anything but famous for their virtue .and their uncleanly habits arc disgusting. To shew that these social deformities are not connned to the lower classes. Mrs. Delmard relates the following anecdote of the mu- nicipal authorities of Bex :— "Not many years ago, the Conseil Muni.ci. pa; l ot r this place, consisting of twelve members and the syndic, met to consult on some matters of great importance connected with the well-being of the town and as the subject to be brought before the meeting was one of more titan or- dinary interest, they resolved to inaugurate the occasion by paying a visit to the ccUar of one of the members hard by P When there, they commenced drinking wine, using the aame glass, a when they go to drink below and this same glass travelled so fast round the circle and bank again, that at last all .these dignitu'ies lay dead drunk on the ground. The next morning, the tirxt to awake from his drunken sleeep. was the secretary, who left the cellar, Mid went to the hotel-de-ville, where the Conseil holds its meetings when sober, and. taking the minute book wrote down, "That all the propositions submitted to the meeting the night be fore, were passed unanimously and not the least laughable point of the story is, that the matter, whatever it was. that ought to be laid before that august body was actually carried out. "-So much for the Swiss method of transacting business; we see nothing like that in our own country yet; I hope we never shall. But we must take our leave of Mrs Del- mard and we do so, assuring her, that if she publishes another volume of travels, we shall 1)0 amongst its ear- liest readers.-so agreeable is the impression that this description o{ Village Life in Switzerland, has left upon our minds. CAWNPOM.—By G. 0. Trevelyan. London Maomillan Co, There it no event connected with English history more painful t6 read or think about, than the Indian Mutiny of 1857 there is no transaction connected with that Mu' tiny fdtogether so horrible, <n the M-Mfmcre of Cawnpore' ?- ? .ne"" a,idt?: :?'?????? us at the time; and feeling is se"reely Jess vivid, when ?? are aaiu placed befored ui in the gJowiug  Of Mr. Trevolyan, The author is a  ???'u;r?T ?iva?e 'rndian statesman, his ther WMB sister of Lord Mauley. He is him- ?)f?cJver li?ary m.n; we know him in no other ??itv He has long beM a contributor to ltfacmi!lan'" X?<?d his C?p??.<"? ?'?A h? numerou? 'rers C?'e is an advance on that work and if Suiter perlt. we have little doubt but that hi. next production will deserve higher praise, h?ny'???r??T? the causes of the mutiny an,l we regi,et to s,'y that the natives had S ??????? \Hler our rule which, in many cases, h"d been very tymunical. The f'equent iDBUIts oSdto their religion. and the un?rupulous annexations ?c??'?? discontent; hut it seems, that the cu.e which ten,led the most to irritate the Sepoys, W;lS, that so many o!lkers took upon themselves the chI'- r4teter of uiifoi -tun ,'I to onel Wheeler was one of them- -and went amollgst their tr,)ops, ahusing their religion, and ditrihuting tracts in which it was descrihe,l in the most odIOus light. Unfor- tudately, false as the belief of the Hindooq andl\Iahl)mell- L?.?????? as it appears to be to reason a!Hi comn,on sense, the votaries, whether )f Vishnl\, Brahma, or M?illoni ei are as a rule, mogt¡ sincere believers; =?????????????? h,,]£ 80 keenly aj one offered ?th?rfdth This truth ought to be reconcctedby the ??ry; and standing in the rotation which the mili- ?oni? hohb with reject to hi. men, it would be we? .f whilst he led ? true and pure Chnaianhfe he ?.t to duty of preaching and praying to the chaphun. N?hingshouM tempt him to belie )ns f.uth;huttho.e otHcers preserve the autliority over, and ensure the res. Met of their troops much more effectively, who adhere strictly to their military duties, than thoMwho like the comm'inder at Cawnpore. mix with those duties the calling of a clergyman. We have no room to do justice to this important subject; but to thoM who Nriili to revive the memory of the incidents that led to the outbreak, and who are desirou-i of pleasing a true and graphic record of one of its most deplorable events, we heartily recom- mend this volume by Mr. Trevelyan it well deserves an attentive and thoughtful perusal, particularly by those who are in some way connected with our Indian Empire. "CANEUO)/ Gw[,\oa-\KOL CYMM," by J. Der- fd,-This ia a portly iookifg volume of \Vf)sh poetry. breathing soft word., prompted by !t pure love of the natural beauties of old Gw.ilia The author is not a noptee in the literary circle, bnt has on several oocaaifms contributed largely to periodical literature, aud publish- ed several uitet'ul works in the Webll language. HM national songs contain some trite and pithy witticisms, which though allegoncaDy rendered convey a moral which cannot fail to impress the truth of the silent utterances of his mind. Ot course, in an English jour- nal, we cannot devote more space to a book published in another language than niereiy catting attention to the fact of its publication, leaving the task of a critical ex- amination of its contents to the magazines—a, work which it is their special vocation to do. Mean- while, we should add that it contains certain proposi- tions, with some of which we can agree, while from others we are obliged to dissent. One thing is evident— Derfel never goes for his inspiration to any fountain far from his native land; and it is not uncommon that those who do go to foreign fountains generally bring away all but the essential spirit of the poetical water at which they drink. His is not a borrowed draught," but that which wells within his own heart, and wanders into flow and motion of its own. CANIADAU, GAf !o\N \1AETIILu.Thi., unlike the production noticed above, is the author's nrst-born." Few poets come before the public with a frank simpli- city like that which speaks by the preface to loan Maethlu's Caniad(i?t. The author admits that he did not rush into print at theinstigationof friends, but acted soley upon his own individual judgment, and concludes by quoting the words of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who s.ud he expected neither profit or f:une by his writings, but considered himself amply repaid without either. Poetry" (he adds) has given me the habit of wishing to discover the Good and the Beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me." The vutume contains several poems of considerable merit, the more lengthy of which bears the enchanting title of Y Sabbath yn Nnhymru" (Sabbath in Wales.) In this, and some other choice selections of his work, the young author reminds us strongly of Thompson his poetic instincts like that writer disposing him to attempt a little more than the delineation of external nature. We have in Wales an over-abundant supply of poets who are never free of dreamland. They might walk through Eden (as once said) and not hear the angels whispering in its shades. Those men are no poets, and their friends should tell them so, that the press might be spared the task. But it pleases us sometimes, to introduce to the notice of the public a few of those whose keen perception of the beautiful, stamps them as being something superior to ordinary verse-makers. Such is our opinion of the author of these productions, who by the force of his own genius, emerges before the world as one who loves poetry for the sake of its "owu exceeding great re- ward." "YR HEX FEtRDD" gan 0. Prydderch Williams (Eryr Men.)—This is an interesting little work, containing biographical and critic.).! sketches of the old Welsh bards. They are a reprint of what had appeared in a contem- porary. and as a collection of pleasant reminiscences of men who in former days played an important part in the history of this country—they 'my be found useful as well as entertaining. Some there are who can never become possessed of the works of Dafydd ap Gwilym and Lewis Glyn Cothi, from the price now asked for a simple copy of the same, whilst here, for one shilling, the reader is introduced through the various structures, and led toglanceat the colossal atatuea which those men have raised to themslves in the olden times. 0

NEW MUSIC. THE ALICE LmTiA QUADRIHE3, by William Ruby Graham.—A very pretty set; written we believe as a musician's tribute to a young lady on her birthday, and therefore specially adapted to young lady performers. The melodies are entirely original and very pleasing; the arrangements being at once simple, easy of execution and very effective. It has rarely fallen to our lot to review a piece of mnsic which we could so strongly recommend to our young My friends, among whom we feel sure it will become a great favourite.. Books and Periodicals for Review to be sent to W. C. Stafford, Esq No. 21, Neville Terrace, Horasey Road, London.

LONDON CIFY MISSION. TuE WELSH BRANCH.—The annual Tea Meeting was he!donMonuay evening week,at theWard School Rooms in Atdersgate-street; and the public meeting, at seven o'clock, in the Lecture Room of the Youag Men's Chris- tian Instruction Society. William Jones, Esq., of Cros- by Square, presided, supported by a large number of influential friends of the Society; among others, the Rev. J. Evans, Welsh Church Rev. Robert Jones, of Rotherhithe; Rev. Owen Thomas, of Jewin Crescent; Rev. David Charles Davies, Rev. John Milts, Rev. M. Uoyd, of Aldersgate.street; Rev. Mr. Jones, of Wilson- street; Rev. Mr. Parry, of Tottenham-eourt-toad, Rev. Mr. Jonei, of MachynHeth;Brintey Richards, Esq., A. Simner, Esq., &c., and a deputation of two omeiala f.-om the Parent Society. Mr. John WDhams read a report, which shewed ft great increase in the contributions towards the funds, and in- cluding collections made in the different Welsh churches and chape]s. The foUowing is a summary of the united labours of the two Welsh Missionaries during the year :— HoursspentindomicUiaryviaitatioua 3338 NumberoftisitsandcaDs 6556 Visitstothesickand dying 263 Meetings held 281 Famines supplied with the ScriptQrea 16 Ketiginus't'racts given aM'.ty 10,403 Bookstent 321 Persons induced to attend PuMic Worship 31 Received as members of Christian Churches 11 Drunkards and fatten females reclaimed 24 Chi)drensenttoSehoo)s. 37 Servants introduced into situations 56 Subscriptions and donationsduringthe year, ;EI01 I 11 Laatyear 7319 6 tnoreaae .E27 2 5

Mr. Samuel Daniel), accountant, Birmingham, was burnt todeathathisresideneeon Friday night. It Is supposHd he had been seized with a fit while sitting at tbeSre.andMen forward against the grate. Death must have been instantaneous, as the proximity of the mouthof deceased to the (ire would at once suspend re- spiration. The convict Tj'nch, who was executed at Cork hat week, for the murder of his father, died in a very uure- nent.'mt state. The Co)-k- COI?Stitutioll says—'Tosup- ptication he was deaf. What his ctergy could do they ()id but with what tittte effect may be judged from his answer to one who urged his attention to them —' No. I sent my father to he)), and I will go there myself This is terriMe, but we are told that it is true." ALLEGED MUBDER AT PORTSMOUTH.—On. Saturday night a rumour gained circulation that a murder had been committed in WarbUngton-street, Portsmouth. The faeta appear to be as fo))ow.-) :—Severat soldiers were in a iow public house in WarbHngton-atreet, eaUej the Military arms, kept by one Wa)dron. Three men. re- (.peotively named WilIiAm Armstrong, of the Royal Marine Artittery, John Bradey, and James Reed, of the t)2nd Regiment were p)aying at cards. A quarrel enaued, which ended in the death of AriMtrong, who was struck violently under the ear Mroaa the taNe. He WM reMOTed quite dead. t

I THE AMERICAN DEBT AND FINAN'CIAL PROSPECTS. The 7'tmo city article writer estimates that the American debt will leave a sum of jEoOO,000,000, "n which, under the moat favourable circumstances, it is impossible to calculate that an interest less than 6 per cent. will have to be paid. The annual burden, there- fore, will be. equal to that of a. 3 per cent. debt of jEl,000,000,000 sterling, or about a quarter more than that of Great Britain. Thus, supposing the disposition of the people of each country to meet their obligations to be the same, the United States would still stand at a great disadvantage. It is next to be borne in mind that the South having been vanquished, more than one- fourth of the population of the rehabilitated Union will be in the position of having to pay interest on a debt created exclusively for their own subjugation, and that this procure will have to he sustained not only under the suffering occasioned by the destruction of their principal cities and public works, but by the non.re- cognition of their own property m the shape of Con- federate currency and bonds, as well as by the extinction of stave labour, and the consequent peril of results in th!)t respect more or less analogous to those that for a time fell upon our West India Islands. It may be urged that the debt is to a great extent held in small amounts by the American people themselves; but at least i'60.000,000 or jEtU",000,000 sterling are held in Europe, and even among the Americans the number of holders compared with non-holders is stight. Already the customs duties are inadequate to meet the interest of the proportion of the debt payable in gold, and excise duties and direct taxation of all kinds must not only be continued, but greatly increased, to supply other wants. It is a peculiar feature of the war that its cessation must be followed, not onlybya)ightening,butbyatremendous increase of taxation. Hitherto loans have been obtained for all emergencies, but these must now be discontinu- ed, and in the face of their cessation it is impossible to conceive how the Government is to obtain an adequate revenue. All these considerations present themselves, even supposing henceforth the South is no longer troublesome, that, as far as the Internal quiet of the country is concerned, no exceptional expenditure will again be necessary, and that there will be no outlay on armaments to overawe Mexico or Canada. '('ho ytme*, in a leader, on American nnance, thinks the uew Secretary of the Treasury's opinions in favour of free trade afford some hope of au improvement in American commercial policy.

A SCENE AT CHARLESTON. The negroes of Charleston obtained permission of the authorities to celebia.te their deliverance from slavery by the advance of General Sherma.n's army, ob- served Tuesday, March 21 as a day of rejoicing. The designated place for assembling was at the Citadel-square, and at twelve o'clock, not only the place within the en- closure, but the streets on either side were crowded with men, women, and children, all preparing to form themselves into a procession. At two o'clock, the num- ber of people thus assembled reached 4000, and shortly after that the coloured marshals took their position in the line, and everything was ready for the' start. First in the procession came the two coloured marshals on horseback, each wearing badges and rosettes of red- white, and blue. Then the black clergymen of the dif-, fereut churches, carrying open Bibles; then an open car drawn by four white horses, and tastefully adorned with national Sags. In this car there were fifteen coloured girls dressed in white—to represent the fifteen recent Slave states, each of them had a bouquet to present to General Saxton after the speech which he was expected to deliver. A long procession of women followed the car. Then followed the children of the public schools- or part of them, and there were 1800 in line at least. They sang during the entire length of the march— John Brown's body lies a moulding in the grave, His soul is marching on Glory Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Throughout the march they observed good order, and showed by their joyful countenances that they thorough- ly appreciated the improved change which had been worked out for them. They only ceased to sing in or- der that they might cheer General Saxton, Cotonet Woodford, various groups of Union onioers or sailors, or one or two Northern men whom they recognised as their friends. They were followed by an organisation of about 50 butchers, who carried their knives at their sides, and in front of them displayed a good-sized porker. Next in order came the 21st regiment United States coloured troops, Lieutenant-Colonel Benaett command- ing, preceded by a band. The regiment turned out in nearly full force, and presented a very 6na appearance. The tailors, carrying shears as the emblem of their trade, and the coopers, with hoops in their bands, turned out in large force. After them came the Bremen, there being no less than ten organisations represented in the line. They were dressed in red shirta, with belts around their waishs, and made an attractive feature in the pro- cession. The various trade associations, including paint- ers, blacksmiths, carpenters, wheelwrights, barbers, and others, all came in regular order. The most original feature in the procession was a large cart drawn by two dilapidated horses with the worst harness that could be got to hold out, which followed the trades. On this cart was an auctioneer's block, and a black man with a bell represented a negro trader, a red Sag waving over his head recalling the days so near and yet so far off, when human beings were made merchandise of in South Carolina. This man had himself been bought and sold several times; and two women and a child who sat on the block had also been knocked down at public auction in Charleston. As the cart moved along, the mock auc- tioneer rang his belt and cried out,. How much am I offered for this good cock' She is an 'xlent cock, g'men." She can make four kinds of mock-turtle soup—from beef, fish, or fowls. Who bids? 200's bid. Two hun- dred 200's bid. 250-300-350-400-450. Who bids ?—who bids 500 ?" And so be went on imitating in sport the infernal traffic of which many of the spectators had been the living victims. Old wAmen burst into tears as they saw this tableau, and forgetting that it was a mimic scene, shouted wildly. Give me back my children Give me back my children!" Be- hind the auction car 60 men marched, tied to a rope- in imitation of the gangs who used often to be I(*d through these streets on their Wty from Virginia to the augar- nelds of Louisiana. All of these men had been sold in past times. Then came the hearse—a comic feature, which attracted great attention, and was received with shouts of laughter. There was written on it with chalk Slavery is dead." Who owns him ?" No one." Sumter dug his grave on the 13th April, 1861. Behind the hearse 50 women marched dressed in black, but with joy in their faeea. Various societies were represented. The prooBsaion was more than two miles and a half in length, and omeers said that it marched in better mili- tary style than the great procession on the 8th of March in New York. There was no drunkenness, no riotous disposition, no insolent airs, no rudeness.

A Wold farmer, Mr. Richard Cooke. of Huggate, in taking a fence on Friday night, was killed, owing to the fallingofhishorse. A curious case of accidental poisoning has occurred at Blackpool, Cork. So.-ne children went to fish in a pool near the railway, and found what they took to he a wild carrot growing near the water. The vegetable, how- ever, was poisonous, being a water-parsnip. The children ate some. There were eight of them, and they were all taken HI immediately. One of them, a boy 13 years of age, was seized with giddiness, and fell into the water in consequence; he was drowned, although the water was only 2 feet deep. As to the rest, the application of prompt remedies soon put them out of danger. A Belfast paper has "reason to believe that Mr. John Porter, who died some short time since in Paris, has left some very handsome bequests for charitaHa and public objects in Belfast. Mr. Porter was an untiring travel- ler, constantly moving from country to country and from town to town, and we believe he collected some very valuable curiosities,and kept adiaryinwhich his journeys were noted. A very large bequest has been made—as much, it is rumoured, as X5000 -for the erec- tion of a museum, in which the collection of curiosities and the diary are to be placed. A large sum has also been left for building sehoots in the Cromae-street dis- trict, and smaller amounts to the General Hospital and other institutions." A GREAT MAN.—One of the greatest men that the present century has produced was buried last week at the pretty little new church at Hertford Heath. We allude to the well known big man of Hertfordshire, Mr G. J. Coleman, who died on the 4th of April, at the ripe age of 77. Mr. Coleman was formerly purveyor to the East India College at Haileybury, aud hence will be well known to many of our readers. In very early mauhood he weighed as little as 11 stone, a moderate weight for a man standing about 5 feet 10 inches in his stockings. Upwards of a quarter of a century since he began to in- crease in size, and steadily progressed until he attained the enormous weight of upwards of 31 atone. Some idea of his great size may be gathered from the fact that his thigh measured 4 feet in circumference; his knee was 32 inches round, and his ankle 28 inches. Until within a very few months he took his daily constitution- al walk; and his fatal illness (an attack of bronchitis) was only of a few days' duration. His exterior cofEn was 3 feet 4 inches in breadth, and from its vast size had to be conveyed to the church on a bier, as no ordi- nary hearse was sumeiently capacious to receive it. The total weight of the eonSn and contents was upwards nfllcwt. We believe that Mr. Coleman WM the heaviest man of the present time, though he fell consi- derably short of the weight attained by the oelebrated Daniel Lambert. <

tUittUantnu. At Fallwood'a End Colliery, Coseley, on Saturday, two.men were kiUed and a third was injured by the fall of a quantity of coal from the roof of the stall" in which they were working. Lady Martin, widow of the late Sir Henry Martin, has sent to the National Lifeboat Institution tlOO iu memory of her brother, the late Admiral Sir Henry By- am Martin, K.C.B. A certain fop was boasting in company that he had everymnM in perfection. "'fheraisonethatyouare quite without," said one who was by, and that is co* monMKM. On a certain American railway the following intelligi- Me notice appeared:—"Hereafter when trains moving in an opposite direction are approaching each other on separate tinea, conductors and engineers will be required to bring their respective engine to a dead halt before the point of meeting, and be very careful not to proceed till each train has passed the other. When the Misses Cawse made their first appearance at Drury-Iane, the): sang a duet. Moat of the principal singers stood at the side of the orchestra to hear them, including Mr. Braham. At the end of their first duet, his opinion was solicited, when he said very good, in- deed-great effects from little Cawaes." -H. Phillip, .RMoHecttMU. "We have lost all our privileges," said Rivarol, a tuft- hunter, after the revolution, to the Due de Crequi. The due slowly and interrogatively replied, We ?" Wen," said Rivarol, is there anything singular in what I aay!" Said the Due de Crequi, My dear sir, it is rather anomalous; but do you know the only thing in your speech that is singular is—ifa plural." There were two soldiers once in Grant's army, tying beneath their blankets, looking up at the stars in a Virginian sky. Says Jack What made you go into the army, Tom WeU," replied Tom, I had no wife, and I love war. What made you go to the war, Jack." Well," be replied, "I have a wife, and I love peace, so l wenttothewar." Some twenty years back, or thereabout t was break- fasting with my late lamented friend, Lord H. Seymour, when Decamps, the celebrated painter, was announced. During breakfast. Decamps told us the following anecdote, which, he said, had occurred the day before —" gentleman called at his lodging, on the third storey, and asked the porter if M. Deeampa was not at home. and being answered in the amruNtive, the visitor was about to ascend the staircase when the porter called after him, and said, As you are about to visit the artist, perhaps you will have no objection to carry with you his trousers, which f have just mended." By all means," replied the stranger I shall he very happy to render you this little service." Arriving at the door, the visitor rang the bell, and Decamps, on opening the door, to his utter amazement, recognised the Duke of Orleans, who laughingly present- ed to him the trousers he had received from the porter. -Captain Ct'OKOM). LYNCH LAW if ILLINOIS,-A short time since a wealthy citizen, residing in or near the village of Oconee. was murdered and robbed. Suspicion having fallen upon three men, they were arrested and conveyed to Sbetbyville for examination and trial. When the cars containing the prisoners reached Oconee, the were stopped and boarded by a crowd of citizens, who took the criminals into. their own custody. A hasty trial was improvised, a jury empannellcd. and the younger prisoner, who it appears, was rather an unwilling accomplice, was admitted to testify, with promise that his life would be spared. He made a clean breast of the horrible tragedy sai't that they were members of Oingmam's guerillas, and that his companions murdered the gentleman's alluded to. They were alsoreco.-nised and identified by the son of the-mur- dered man. The two villains were found guilty and or- dered to be hung. After a short time being allowed for preparation, they were led to the rafter for execution. They were quickly suspended from the gibbet, audt after a few convulsive throes they dangled in the wind. They younger wretch, who gave evidence, was delivered cwerto the proper authorities, and is now confind in Shelbye county gaol.—J!)fCft<Mf Magmet. HK'U- NHVER SET THE TEMSE ON FrRE."—Many years ago, before machinery was introduced into flour mills for the purpose of sifting the nour, it was the-cus- tom of the miller to send it home unsifted. The process of sifting was done thus; but principally in Yorkshire. The "temse," or sieve, which was provided with a rim which projected from the bottom of it, was worked over the mouth of the barrel mto which the flour or meal was sifted. An active fellow, who worked hard, not un- frequently set the rim of the "temse" on fire by force of friction against the rim of the flour barrel; so that, in fact, this department of domestic employment became a standard by which to test a man's will or capacity to work hard and thus of a lazy fellow, or one deficient in strength, it was said, He will never set the temse on fire." The long misuse of the word temse for sieve, as well as the sispenditig of hand labour by machinery in this particular species of work, may possibly hav& tended to the substitution of soond for sense, in such phrases as He will never set the Thames on fire," the Mersey on nre, or any other river. I do not recollect having seen any notice of this phraso in N. and Q. and .sho<tld be glad to know whether it is familiar to manypersons.—P., Burslem, Staffordshire.—.fVo<M and QMeriM. AN AMERICAN'S EXPERIENCE OF ENGLA-;D. -1 seldom came into personal relations with an Englishman with- out beginning to like him, and feeling my favourable impression was stronger with the progress of the ac- quaintance. I never stood in an English crowd without being conscious of hereditary sympathies. Nevertheless, it is undeniable that an American is eontinuitHy thrown upon hit national antagonism by some acrid quality in the moral atmosphere of England. These people think so loftily of themselves, and so contemptuously of every- body else, that it requires more generosity than I possess to keep always in perfectiy good humour with them. Jotting down the little acrimonies of the moment in my journal, and transferring them thenca (when they hap- pened to be tolerably well expressed) to these pages, it is very possible that I may have said things which a profound observer of national character would hesitate to sanction, though never any, I verily believe, but had more or less of truth. If they be true, there is no rea- son in the world why they should not be said. Not an Englishman of them all ever soared America for courte- sy's or kindnessssake; nor, in my opinion, would it contri- bute in the least to our mutual advantage and comfort if we were to besmear one another all over with butter and honey. At any rate, we must not judge of an En- glishman's susceptibilities by our own, which, likewise, I trust, are of a far less sensitive nature than formerly.— Nathaniel FaMtAorne. DoMESTM LIFE AMONO THB ESQUIMAUX —Here there was a complete Esquimaux village, and all the inhabi- tants, men, women, children, and dogs, rushed out to meet ns. Our crew consisted of five white men, and each of them soon engaged a native to carry water to the boat. while he himself sought amusement among the tents. Smith and I walked on for about an eighth of a mile to the lakelet where the water was obtained, and put the Esquimaux fairly to work. We then returned, and called at one of the tents. Smith, being first, in- tended to pass in. but had no sooner lifted the folding door (pendent skins), and introduced his head, than he rapidly withdrew it again exclaiming, Whew! by thunder I'm not going in <Ao'e? It's crowded, and smells horribly. How it looms up!" He then turned away, but I, having more inducements to bear the in- fliction, determined to pass in. Bowing down almost to a horizontal position, in went head, shoulders, body, and all. The next second I found myself butt up against a dozen Esquimaux, all lusty fellows, and crowded together in a heap, each armed with a knife! But there was no cause for alarm. The knives were not for any warlike or evil purpose.—They were being used simply for cutting offstrips of seal, to be shoved into the widely extended mouths of the hungry people before me. Quite at the back of the tent t perceived my Esquimaux friend, Koojesse, seated between two pretty females, an three engaged in doing full justice to a dish of smoking hotsealblood! Seeing me, Koojesse at nrstseemed abashed but, on my expressing a readiness to partake of any food they had to spare, one of the women im- mediately drew forth from the stewpan about four inches of seal vertebrae, surrounded by good meat. I managed to eat the latter, and then determined to try the seal Mood. To my surprise, I found it excellent. On first receiving the dish containing the Esquimaux stew I hesitated. It had gone the round several times, being replenished as occasion required but its external appearance was not at all inviting. Probably it had never gone through the cleaning process, for it looked as though such were the case. But f screwed up courage to try it, and finally, when the dish came again to thnae by my side, I astted Koojesse, "Pe-e-uke (Is it good?) Armelarng, armelarng" (yes, yes,) WM the reply. All eyes were fixed upon me as I prepared to join with them in drinking some of their favourite soup. Now the custom of the Esquimaux in drinking seal-blood is to take one long s-o-o-o-p—one mouthful—and then pass the dish on to the rest till the round is made. I follow- ed suit, and, to my astonishment, found the mixture not only good, but really excellent. I could not have believed it was so far superior to what my previous notions had led me to expect. Seeing I was pleased with it, she who presided at the feast instantly made ready a pretty little cup, which was clean outside and in, or clean as an Esquimaux can make it, and Riled in with the hot seal blood. This I slipped down with as much satisfaction as any food I had eaten in my life; and, in return for the friendly act of my Innnit hostess, I gave her a highly-coloured cotton handkerchief. Sha was in ecatacies with it, and the whole company joined me. Clearly I had ingratiated myself with one party of the nativea here, and this I was determined to do in like mannet elsewhere.—FaM'a ?t?t smony <As ?qu? m<t)MC. A young and pretty girl stepped ? -?"?beS :n?or?'u?S ? T??? enanoured of her but dared not speak, stood behind the corner. v In ord? er to jmain as long as possible she cheapened everything ?????'.°/ ?? ??j tbmk ? ?. young thmk I am cheating .?Ou. Oh, no, said  young ?dy"?sh? '?,? S? Well, whIspered the iady blush..g as she h\id an emphasis on the word ..Iw?d? stay so long bargaining, if Y? were not so dear." At.xander Dumas, who is famed for his quickness of repartee, on a late occasion was addressed by an imio- centpro.meM.who bid iii,4t been introduced to him, in the following language, staring him full in the face: —" Why. 'Mr. surely you must be a mulatto f — t ea, .Bir I am" Then," continued Ms loquae.nusinterro- Kator, your father, doubtless, was a negro! — Most decidedly," was the answer. "Th.n pray, s.r, what was your grandfather ?" Dumas unhesttahngly replied, Ut the genus ape; so that my family began where, I ob- serve (making a low bow), yours end." SlURP SHOOTMO. -The following dialogue on sharp shooting" is reported to have taken place between a vm- ginee and a Yankee picket:I say, can you fellows shoot <" Wall, I reckon we can some. Down in Mis- sissipi; we can knock a humble-bee off a thistle bow at 300 yards." Oh, that Mn't nothing to the way we shewt up in Varmount. I belonged to a military company ther', with a hundred men in each company, and we went out for practice every week. The captn draws us up in single nie, and sets a cider barrel rolling down the hill, and each man takes his shot at the I)ung-hole as it turns up. It is afterwards examined, and if there is a shot that did not go in the bung-hole the number who missed it is expelled. I belonged to the company ten years, and there ain't been nobody expelled yet.-A me- rtMtt Vof fVt<'e)'. RED-TAPE TiMUOHTfULNEM.—A ship arrived at Que- beck some time ago with an enormous spar, reaching from her bowsprit to her tafM, consigned to the store- keener It had been the plague of the ship's company, it had been in everybody's way, and had nearly caused the lo),s of the vessel in some gales of wind. The whofe resources of the quartermaster general's department were taxed to get it safely on shore, anft transport it to the heights. And what was it 1 A n.tgstan' for the citadel. And what was it made of 1 A stoct Canadian pine, which had probably been sent from the St. Lawrence in a timber shtp to the government offici,,ils at home; who, having duly shaped and pruned it into'a ihl,'(statf, return- ed it to the land of its birth, at some considerable ex- pense to John Bull.-Canada, t<< Defence.9, Resources, th; ty W. H. Russell, L.L D. Wf.BER's MENonv.—Two of Weber's artistic charac' teristlcs were his great love for Mozart and his strong musical memory. One night the ZauberSote was to be given. The performance was about to begin, when it was found that, by some mistake, the conductor's score was not upon his desk. The musicians were all in a state of terror. The Court might enter at any moment; and it was well known that, in the eyes of the punctual Friedrich August, it would have been an unpardonable transgression, has not the opera commenced at the very moment. This terror reached the public. Caroline aa.w the empty desk, and trembled in her seat. Weber en- tered the orchestra, was made aware of the terrible disaster, but smiled on the band to the surprise of all, and quietly despatched a messenger for the missing score. The Court entered—the desk was still empty- Weber gave a glance at his pale frightened wife to reas- sure her, raised his )'aton, and conducted the whole first act of the opera-with his usual fire, and without a fault —out of his head amusing himself,, at the same time, by pretending to turn over the pages of the score in pan- tomimic action at the due places. Mozart's opera had grown to be a portion of his own flesh and blood. The fact was known; and from many members of the royal family, Weber received the most flattering ac- knowledgments of this wonderful proof of his heart's memory.—C(m-i iVarM F<M Weber, by V. Palarave Simp- Mtt, M..4. At AWKWARD AovENTCM;.—On Saturday week, as a farmer, residing within a few miles of Worcester, was returning home from market, he saw, on passing near OBferton-bridge, a young woman leaning again- the hedge in great apparent anguish, and another girt stand- ing near her. On inquiring what w.<s the matter, lie was told that the girf was very ill, and rtiM gallant Don Quixote, eager to relieve the distress of the suffering fair one, alighted from his horse and inquired how be- might be of assistance. While leaning over the damset in the endeavour to catch the feebly uttered reply that fell from her lips, an umtsual noise caused him to turn his head, and to his unutterable surprise be saw the other young woman seated' like an Amazon astride his Hozi- nante, her crinoline springing over the animal like a huge mushroom. Off went Dobbin at a gallop, and away started our rustic in pursuit. He soon found, however, it was of no use, and, weary and panting, ho returned to his fair lady. To his great astonishment and unutterable digest, he found that she too had gone, and he perceived that he had been made the victim of a cruel hoax. Dispirited and chagrined he plodded home, but did not, it is said, meet with any sympathy from the wife of his bosom, who would not see the ad. venture in its proper light. Varied Inquiries were <nade, but nothing was heard of the steed and its fair rider till Monday afternoon, when the missing horse was sent to the farm of our hero.— Worcester Oh¡'onicle, THE JfOGE AND THE ToLLKEEPER.—One evening du- ring the recent assizes, an elderly gentleman passed the tollhouse on the Clifton side of the suspension bridge, and put down his penny. The bridge-keeper, seeing he was a stranger, inquired if he wished for a return ticket. The gentleman, however, took no notice of the question, hut walked on so!emnly and slowly. On coming back he was passing through, when the tollkeeper accosted him with, "Pay here, sir, piease." Pay here what for ? I paid before." was the gruif reply. "But you')) have to pay again, air," mildly, but Srmly, replied the kefper. "I eal'l that imposition," replied the gentleman; and getting warmer at what he apparently thought was an attempt tt extortion ou the part of the man, he added, "Take-care— I'm a magistrate." I can't help that, sir," was the answer, my instructions are that people pay going and returning; you can see the Act of Parliament, if you like to look in here," pointing to the tollhouse. WeU, I will see the Act," replied the gen- tleman. following the man in. He read the Act, pon- dered over it for a white, then pu!)e<) out his penny and paid it, walking on', and muttering as he did, "Nonsuited, by George F" "I see the judge has just passed over the btidge," observed a gentleman who earma up at the mo- ment. "Who, sir! what?" gasped the tollkeeper, quite frightened to think that he had been bandying law with so high an authority, surely that was not a judge." Yes, no less a person than Baron Channell," was th& reply; and so it turned out to be, as the keeper saw him ptoeeecling to court the next morning. Thus the bridge proprietors may be said to have obtained an extra-judicial decision in favour of their to and fro charge.-Bristol Times and 1Ifirror. COURAGEOUS ENCOUNTER WITE BuMt.AM.—A few mornings ago, an attempt was made by burglars to enter a dwelling house at the back of the shop of Mr. LoveU, watchmaker, &o., Lincoln-street, Nottingham. A labour- er in the employ of the corporation, named John Taylor, is the tenant of the house in question, which to outward observers appears to be a continuation of Mr. Lovetl'a premises. Mr. Taylor's house window looks out into a kind of garden or yard, which is approached by a cir- cuitous passage, leading out of Lincoln-street. There is another passage—an open one—on the other side of Mr. Lovell's shop, which ruua dawn alongside Mr. Taylor's yard, which it is cut off by a high wall, surmounted by a wooden railing, in a state of dilapidation. Mr. Taylor and his wife were sleeping in a room over the house- place, in which there is also a window opening into the yard, and about two o'clock %Ir, Taylor was two.ke by hearing a "scratching nnise," which seemed to proceed from the shutters of the house window. After Hstening awhile, she aroused her husband and told him there was some one at the shutters, but he said it was all non- sense, and took no further notice of the statement. She lay some time longer, and as the strange sound was con- tinued, called her husband's attention to it again. He therefore jumped out of bed and threw up the sa%h of ttie bedroom window; and, after telling her that the house shutters were open, leaped out into the yard, making a remark, as he did so, to the effect that there were three men there. His wife at once got up and went down stairs, and on going found him struggling with a man in the narrow passage. An alarm was then raised, and Sergeant Atkinson came up and took the man into custody. It appears that after jumping out of the window Mr. Taylor seized two of the burglars. who made a desperate attack upon him, kicking him about the legs in a fearful manner, and .striking him violently on the head aud face. Having nothing on ex- cept his shirt, their kicks and blows took great effect; but though one of the rumans got free from his grasp, and attempted to force him to release the other, he stuck to the second until the police ofBeer had hand- cuffed him. Mr. Taylor was so seriously injured that it was thought advisable to call up Mr. tirookhouse, sur- geon, who had to stitch up the principal wound, which is on the shin. On an examination being made, it was discovered that a small hole bad been bored in one of the shutters, so as to allow of the bolt being raised and a superior kind of brace-bit, two hats, and a boot, were found in the yard. tt is supposed that the bur- glars entered the yard by climbing the wall separating it from the open passage, and no doubt they expected to be able to Mako their way into Mr. Lovell's shop. Three men wearing hats similar to those left behind bad been noticed loitering in the vicinity on the previous evening, and their movements had excited a little sus- picion. Jonef) was brought up at the police court a few houra after his appreheMioa, and remaded untd Mht recovery of Mr. Taylor.

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