The Aberystwith Observer

THE ARISTOCRATIC kFETE AT CREMORNE. The grand fSte organised at Cremorne (celebrated pleasure gardens in the suburbs of London) by the ladies of the aristocracy has been decidedly the event of the last few days, awakening remonstrances from the press and numerous correspondents as to the exclusiveness of the affair. "Society" is being sneered at by many for the absurdity of its proceedings, for to comprehend the peculiar attractions of Cremorne, it will be necessary for Society to enjoy itself after the manner of the mul- titude, which, the multitude being absent, is manifestly impossible. The cause of charity is that for which rank and fashion profess thus to appropriate Cremorne, and render that report of "unfortunates" and fast young men exclusive for one night. We believe that our Lon- don correspondent paints this place in its true colours when he says it is not the place a man should take his wife, daughter, or sweetheart to and viewing it in that light we can heartily appreciate the satire of our facetious friend Punch, who bas seized the opportunity for perpe- trating the following skit on the programme ROYAL GARDENS, CREMORNE —GBAND FETE, for the benefit of any charity which will condescend to accept the money, (Not) under the patronage of her Majesty. LADY PATRONESSES.—Her Grace the Duchess of Shoreditch, her Grace the Duchess of Pea and Thimble, her Grace the Duchess of Lowchurch, La Duchessa De Sharpino, and the most Hon. the Marchoness of Beerbarrel, &c., &c., &c. Vouchers, without which no entrance can by any possibility he obtained, will be exchanged for tickets of admission, at Bell's Life Office, Ben Caunt's, Jemmy Shaw's, the Lord Chief Baron Nicholson's, and of the parish clerks of all fashionable (high aDd low) churches in the metropolis. All married ladies and widows to produce heir marriage certificates at the door. 2. Single ladies must be accompanied by chaperones. 3. No does admitted, and no smoking allowed until after sunrise. 4. Procol 1 oh, procol! Mte profdni 5. Music from the Traviata specially forbidden. PROGRAMME.—A popular prelate will offer up prayer. After which, the comedy of "High Life Below Stairs" will be played by live Dukes and Duchesses. Game of Fly the Garter," by Knights of the Order to be followed by the screaming farce of The Confessional." Tight-rope dancing by the Right Hon. Mr, Dizzy. Grand ascent in a balloon by the present Ministry, Rapid descent of ditto without parachute*. Dan ing on the Illuminated platform. Pag de L'Eglis, by Bishops' wives and daughters. Strawberry quadrilles, by duchesses and their daughters. Several dances by the inferior nobility. Cheeseplate hornpipe, by Tom Tidy, of the Treasury. FINALS.—Gregorian chant by high church peers and their families. Nasal hymn by low church peers and their families. The Rev. Sturgeon, introduced by a lady patroness of the highest rank (one of his congregation), will address the audience on the evils of dancing and the sinfulness of the pomps and vanities of the wicked world. Dance of Hung(a)ry needlewomen in the costume of their country. The Concessional in the Hermit's Cave for the convenience of those who cannot get to St. Barnabas in time for early service. SUDper by Gun- ter. Fireworks, flirting, &c.—(Vivat Regina I No money re- turned.)

A BOTTLE OF SPANISH SMOKE! We learn from Madrid that, in consequence of what has recently passed in the English Parliament, orders have been given to the Spanish Ambassador, M. Gonzales Bravo, to return to his post. This shows that the Spanish Cabinet wishes to obtain satisfaction for the (alleged) insults off-red to Spain by the English Minister in his place in Parliament. Espana newspaper says, in reference to the observations ot Lord Malmesbury :— It is necessary that England should be penetrated with the truth of this one fact-the momenta'y panic iospired by the mere fluttering of her flag exists no longer. It is Dot enough to have ships of war, crews are nece^SiTy, and sailors well disci- plined in ,h.ervice of the Davy, and that is precisely the weak point of her fleets, England should also learn that without an army no State can pretend to throw its weight into the military balance of the world. Now, England has not an army, and the results obtained by the methods of enlistment wh'ch she em- ploys, or caa employ, are nearly nulli'ies. The hetacombs of India are more than enough to swallow up the men she can muster. We shall conclude by a remark which will provoke a disdainful laugh from the admirers of England, and this is what we assert,-however powerful England may appear, and w' however insignificant Spain, an expedition set on foot by the latter against the former has more chances of success, and offers more facilities, than an attack by the former against the lat.ter. We may be ch irgeo wi h exaggeration; suffice it to say, as far as we are concerned, that we are deeply convinced of the truth of what we advance." We hope the writer will not urge his views too warmly, BO as to rouse the warlike temper of his countrymen, for what a terrible thing it would be for us if Spain were to prepare to averge not only the above injury, but wipe out the stain inflicted on her reputation in the Spanish Armada affair!

A STRANGE DELUSION. A quiet, harmless-looking man, who said that he was 54 years of age, but appeared much older, was brought before the magistrates at Leeds, on Saturday, under the following singular circumstances :-It appears that the poor fellow went into the police-office, attired in a shabby military uniform, and having on his head a for- midable helmet, which, from an inscription inside, appeared once to have belonged to a corps called the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers. He also carried a piece of pa'n'ed wood, about six feet in length, on which was written, Aay person abusing this staff will be put in irons." He asked Mr. Superintendent Graham for mono y b pay his fare to L moon, stating that he was General Lord J .roes Miller, oae of the Queen's com- missioners, and that he was about to proceed to Loudon by special command of her Majesty. The offictr saw that he was evidently under an hal uoination, and he therefore detained him, and brought him before the magistrates. A lettnr was found in his possession, of which the following is a copy "Buckingham Palace, the 8th of April, in the year of our Lord 1858. To General Lord James Miller. Enclosed is a gold medal for your faithful services, to be worn by you at all times. I am surprised that you have not arrived in London before this time. There must be some mistake with the telegraph, as I am in great need of your advice at this critical time. If the station-master has made any mistaka, you must reprimand him, if you pay him off. I remain, your loving Sovereign, VICTORIA. "P.S -Be sure and come off immediately. If Mr. Jaffrey has not money enough, you must apply to Mr. Thomas DeDholm, grocer, and he will place it to my account. VICTORIA., R." He had also a pocket-book in his possession, inside of ■^Mch was written, II "-sented to the Right Hon. General Lord Miller, Earl of Dunb- and Olohamstocks, by her Majesty the Queen and Board of nance, and by the other authorities and provost. Taere wei, also various papers in the pocket-book, jutesenung ti^t "General Ljrd Miller" held Home pel ^-jtjctgr of troops, aud received 41. 4s. V discharging that duty. The inscription in. side the pocket-book was in a different handwriting from the letter and other papers, and seemed to lead to the belief that some reckless wags, knowing the poor fellow's delusion, had aided and encouraged it. In reply to the magistrate he stated that he belonged to the county of Haddington, East Lothian, and had walked from thence, having been a fortnight on the road. He also said that he had had nothing to eat, with the exception of a roll, for the Jast two days. The poor fellow, who was evi- dently of unsound mind, declared himself to be General Lord Miller, and sa,d that if the magistrates punished him they would be dismissed from their tffice by her Majesty. The bench instructed the parish authorities to take charge of him.

SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE UNITED STATES. The accounts we receive in private conversation of the social condition of tbe United States are not very re-assuring. In New York, Universal Suffrage has ended in this, that the rabble impose the taxes, the mob spend them, and property alone has the honour of paying them. To such excess has democratic extrava- gance gone, that the municipal taxes alone of New York average upwards of 9,000,000 of dollars, or nearly 2,000,000?. sterling. They amount to an assessment of nearly one and a half per cent. on the entire property of the city. State debts too are paid only because the dividends and interest are paid out of rents, tolls, and canals, the property of the State. We are assured that were these sources to fail the deb's would be repudiated entirely. Railroads are so managed that although the revenue, fvr example, of tha Lake Erie line is 6,000,000 of dollars, the pcor shar-holders have never seen a farthing of the money. Ooly 50 per cent. goes for expenses, but what becomes of the residuary 3,000,000 of dollars nobody apparently can tell. In New Orleans the robberies, assaults, murders in opan day and the most public streets have become so bold and frequent, that the citizens have combined into a society calied Domiciliary Visitation Commissioners, who, whenever they catch an offender in the act, wait for neither police, judge, nor jury, but summarily "string him up" at the place where his offence was perpetrated. A similar system of anarchy is said to prevail at Chicago and even at Cincinnati. All this induces the higher c'ass Americans to talk very scurvily of free institu- tions," and to assure us that in England "reform has just gone far enough." With only 1,000,000Z. of debt to meet, their expenditure last year was 16,000,000?. Following as these revelations do on the he Is of the crash produced during the commercial crisis, and the scenes enacted in the Senate House, well may Brother Jonathan blush for the social condi- tion of his country.

IpsttllaMK ftttellipa. A SUN PICTURE"—SEEKING SHELTER.-It may be easily imagined how anxiously each man surveys the trees about his tent as the sits is marked out, and calculates what shelter it wiU give him, and at what time the sun will find out his weak points during the day; and indeed the rays do strike through every interstice like red-hot shot. There is no indecision of shadow, no infirmity of outline, for wherever the sun falls on the side of a tent it seems to punch out a fervid blazing pattern on the gray ground of the canvas. It is a poor consolation to see that the birds themselves, "to the manner born" though they be, seemtosuutr inconveDienee from the sun as well as ourselves. The gray-headed black pie, uncommonly like our own mag, and properly called a crow or rook, comes from the fields during the heat of the day, and seeks shelter in the tope, and there he sits with his bill wide open and his tongue out, uttering sultry calls from time to time, gasping for breath, and looking decidedly as if he wanted some iced claret. Parrots, kites, and all the natives of the groves give similar evide- -,a of their suffering from the heat, and the natives seek for shade wherever it is .0 be found.-Times' Oorrespondent. MERCY TO THE POOR PRISONER.—The Secre- tary of State for the Home Department received a deputation from Birmingham on Saturday, on behalf of the Birmingham Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society. The object the deputation had in view was to obtain the consent of the Government to the introduction of a bill into Parliament to amead the 39th section of the 4th Act of George IV., cap. 64, in such a manner as to enable visiting justices of Quarter Sessions to make small grants of money through the agency of the Birmingham Discharged Prisoners' Aid and other similar societies, in order to enable discharged prisoners to obtain employment and earn an honest livelihood thereby, and also to make the sums so expended charge- able upon the county rat?. The Birmingham and London societies for the aid of dischargee prisoners, were at present entirely supported by voluntary sub- scriptions, and they bad effected a vast amount of good by reclaiming from their former mode of life prisoners who had just undergone their terms of imprisonment, but the demands upon tbesn charitable institutions had become so disproportioned to their resources) that the deputation now sought the aid of Government to intro- duce a bill which would, by extending their means of affording relief, bestow the highest benefits upon society. Mr. Walpole, on the part of the Government, said that he bad no objection whatever to the introduc- tion of the bill, whih, if submitted to the House at an early date, could be printed, and considered during the recess by the counties and boroughs. A NEw M.P. ON A NEW PRINCIPLE.—The Hon. Major Coke took his seat on Monday night for Bait Norfolk. He is the first member returned since the passing of the Property Qualification Bill. He was introduced as usual by two political friends, who led him down to the table, but he Wi>S not, according to the custom which has so long prevailed, met there by Sir Denis Le Marchant, and ordered to stand and deliver up the record of his qualification before he could advance another step towards the Speaker's chair. The bill, which has just received the Royal Assent, has swept away that piece of nonsense, and all that Major Coke had to do was to hold out one hand for the New Testa- ment, and the other for a large card, on which were inscribed the words of the o*ths he was about to take, and which he read out with due solemnity afser the clerk. He then signed one book only-the other great and cumbrous bme, in which members had to inscribe their names in testimony of their qualifications having been swept away by the bill. AN OLD-FASHIONED PORTRAIT.—Loungers in the lobby must often have seen a tall gentleman there in curious and quaint attire. Sometimes he has on a blue coat, with bright buttons, and a buff waistcoat; but the singularity of his costume is not in the colour but in the faithiotto his ciothes. His dress is of the mode which prevailed forty years ago, "when George III. was king." The waist of his coat and vest is short, the tails of his coat are long and pointed, the collar narrow and low, and the sleeves, where they j in the body, are puckered up so as to look something like epaulettes. The hat of this singularly-dressed gentleman is also antique, lor it spreads outwards at the top, and the brim is curled; and, moreover, instead of wearing Wellington boots or In Bluchers, his fed are c'ad with low shoes and drab gaiters. This quaint-looking Dersonaga is Lord Hotham, the member for the East Riding. Lord Hotham is fiixty-fout ye-rs old. By profession he is a soldier, and he served in the Peninsula, and at Waterloo. He is the grana-m phew of Admiral Ho.bam, and, if we mistake not, belongs to the family of which Sir John Hotham was a member, that gallaut g ntxtman who shut the gates of Hull against Kiog Coaries 1., and who, in a sally, was the first to shed blood in the great Civil War between the King and the Parliament. Lord Hotham is a Con- servative, and nas been in Parliament thirty-eight years. He sat for Leominster from 1820 to 1841, when he was elected for the East Riding. ALAS, POOR SPAIN I-On the recent journey of the Queen of Spain, sufficient mules or horses for the Royal carriages to go over a journey of 200 leagues, by roads by no means in a good condition, could scarce y be found—a fact which is most suggestive of the condition of the country. The expenses of the short trip are said to amount to more than 800,000f. A SPENDTHRIFT COUNTRY.-Lavish expenditure is a brilliant, and, in times of plenty, a rather popular thing, undar the notion that it is an employment of labour, and not a destruction of capital. Those heioic statesmen who scatter the money like dirt, who revel in the dignity and importance of dealing with large masses of property, foreet the miserable aggregation of mites that go to form those princely millions of revenue; many of them wrung from poor peasants like blood from their veins. It may be a gr"t country that increases its annual expenditure 20,000,000, as compared witti the expenditure 20 years ago; it may be a great country whose pride it is to cost more by 50,000,0001. every year than another country of greater extent and equal popula- tion," and it may be a great country chat is sometimt sseen with an appraiser and furniture broker at its heels, turn- ing the workman out of his cottage icto the road, and taking his last m..t;rasi and his la,t chair, to swell the fund that satisfies this expenditure. But, with our peculiar principles, we are compelled to doubt that these are either elements or proofs of greatness. Unnecessary and gigantic outlay, in nations as in individuals, is but a common-place and vulgar means of acquiring notoriety, after all. Certain eccentric monarchs, who had nothing to recommand tbem in tbe shape of character, wisdom, force, or actions have attained at last a doubtful immor- tality by drinking pearls and diamonds out of their golden goblets of wine.—Financial Reformer. CIVILIAN COURAGE IN INDIA.—We will relate the following anecdote, which is highly creditable to all concerned in it. it will be in the memory of our readers, that shortly after the outbreak at Delhi, and while the Upper Provinces were in the first terrible throes of insur- rection, a small body of volunteers proceeded from Agra, and occupied thsj Allyghur district. For many days, and even weeks, did this jjaiiant little band as-ert she British supremacy m tha fact! of overwhelming numbers of armed and lauuiited rebels. At length thair position became so eminently critioal thai Laay Outram, natur- ally apprehensive for the safety of her youthful son, a young Benzal civilian "out" with the volunteers, be. sought the Lieutenant-Governor to recall them to Agra. Mr. Colvin, with characteristic amiability, yielded to har request, and issued the necessary instructions. On being made acquainted with their tenor, Mr. Patterson Saunders-an "interloper," who presumed to render the Government much good servica throughout the eusuing campaign—repaired to Mr. Watson, the magistrate of the district, and asked what he proposed to do. Remain at my post," w as the calm reply. But you will be cut to pieces," rejoined Mr. Saunders. I know it; but it is my duty to remain here." Then I will remain here too," exclaimed the gallant planter, and I shall be much surprised if some of our fellows don't do the same." He was not mistaken at least a dozen brave gentlemen volunteered to share the fate of their leader, and nobly did they redeam their pledge. Nor was young Outram wanting on this occasion. He thanked the Lieutenant-Governor for thinking of him at all at such a moment; but added, that if any favour was to be shown to him for his father's sake, he 1 egged it might be permission to be the last Englishman to leave the post of danger. It is necessary to add that this handful of preux chevaliers long held their ground against fearful odds, and only retreated to A gra when further resistance was as impossible as it would have been useless. ORIGIN OF TITHES AND CHURCH DUEs.-The introduction of tithes into England is probably coeval with that of Christianity. Offa, King of Mercia, having set the example of giving the tenth of his goods to the Church, tha payment of them is epj oined by most of the subsequent kings whose laws are extant. It should seem that, in the commencement, people could pay their tithes to what priests they pleased, which was called the arbitrary consociation of tithes or they might put them into the hands of the bishop, to be distributed among the clr rgy; but as this practice afforded a facility to fraud and abuse, it was enacted by a law of Edgar that the payment of ti-hes should be confined to the parish to whioh they belong; from which it may be gathered that England was at this time divided into parishes, and i* supposed to have been so from the time of Alfred the Great. Besides tithes, there are other Church duas mentioned at that time, as romscot, which was probably the same as was afterwards called Peter-pence; and soulscot, a sort of expiatory offering made by a person at hia decease to the church for the good of his soul, which was afterwards called a mortuary or corpse pre- sent.—Tomlins' Help to Self-Educators. A CAPTAIN OF THE OLD SCHOOL.-Another fine old sailor of the past day, as brave as Csaaar, but whose Commentaries, if he had written them, might not have been quite so good (as the schoolmaster had not gone abroad in his youth), commanded a ship of the line at Trafalgar, and pushing as he would be sure to do into the thickest of the fight, had two or threo of the enemy's ships belabouring him at the same time, the sauve tete or splinter netting was cut away, and having knocked him down, entangled him in the meshes. On getting clear, stunned and excited by the blolVS be cried out, Let un cime on, let un come on. Jet a dozen on un come on-I'm blow'd if I strikes-I'll never strike- no, never—to nobody whatsomdever,and a most effective speech this was; it was heard on one deck and repeated on the others in the pauses of the firing, and tha hearty guffaw with which it was received was more exhilarating than any amount of blank verae.-Sea Drift. By Rear-Admiral Sir H. Robinson. MOVEMENTS OF STAR-WISHES.—If a star-fish is laid in a shatlow rock-pool, where its movements can be watched, it will give ample food for coatemplation, were it only for the mode in which it moves from one place to another. This movement is very slow, gontle, and so regular that the eye cannot detect any motive power at work. Should a stone, a ridge of rock, or any other impediment be in the path of its progress, the star-fiah does not seem to trouble itself in the least, but continues its still, gliding movement, as quietly as if it were moving on level ground. As the stone is reached, one ray of the star-fish is gently pushed (upwards, and seems to adhere to the stone another follows; then a third and presently the creature is seen to climb the stone with quite as much ease as if it were walking on level sand. The rays accommodate themselves, in a very curious manner, to the shape of the substance over which the animal is crawling so that if it is passing over a sandy spot interspersed with furrows and pebbles, the arms of the star-fish never bridge over the furrows, but pass down one side and up the other; while pre- ci&?)y an opposite process takes place with regard to the pebbles. The star-fish can thus climb rocks that are perpendicular, and c in<:< firmly even whfln they over- hang. I The Common Objects of the Sea-Shore. PAT'S EVASIVE ANSWER. — Patrick O'Neil, before he became joined in the holy bonds of hemlock" with Bridget, was in the service of Father Connoly. Oneway the good priest expected a call from a Protestant minister, and he wished some excuse to get rid of him. So calling Patrick, he proceeded to give him some in- structions. Patrick," said he, if that minister comes here to- !ay I do not wish to see him." Yis, vir rWer- ence V "Make some excuse and send him away." What shall I tell him. yer riverence ?" Tell him I am not at home." Would you have me to tell a lie, yer riverence 1" No, no, Patrick, but get rid of him some way give him an evaaivo anssver." "An evasive answer, is it 1 I'il do it." "You understand ma, Patrick?" Av coorse, yer riverence." The matter thus arranged, Father Connoly retired to his library, and Patrick went about his duties. About dusk in the afternoon the priest came out of his room and found Patrick in un- usually good spirits. Well. Patrick," said he," did the minister call to-day V' Yis, sir." "And did you get rid of him?" "I did, sir." "Did he ask if I was in 1" He did, sir." And what did you say to him ?" I give him an evasive answer." "An evasive answer, Patrick?" Yis, yer riverence." "And wh"t did you say to him ?" He axed was yez in, and I towld him was his grandmother a donkey ?" A PRECOCIOUS CUTTLE.—I was much amused with the perfect self-possession of the first that was hatched in my presence. It had not been free from the egg-shell for one minute before it began a leisurely tour of the vessel in which it first saw the light, examining it on all sides, as if to find out what kind of a place the world was, after all. It then rose and sank many times in succession over different spots; and after balancing itself for a moment or two over one especial patch of sand, blew out a round hole in the sand, into which it lowered itself, and there lay quite at its ease. It exe- cuted this movement with as much address as if it had practised the art for years.-The Common Objects of the Sea-Shore. VALUE OF THE OIK—In 1810 an oak tree was cut down in South Wales and sold for one hundred guineas. It cost 821, to cut it down, peel it, and cut^ it up; fi«e men wara employed twenty days each in strip- ping it and cutting it down. It covered, wh«n growing, 452 square yards; diameter of the butt 9A feet, and contained 2,426 feet of timber. The bark" was three inches thick. Total produce of the tree was 600l. THE ULTIMATUM OF lNTEMPERANCE.-No man and no woman is safe that has onca formed the fatal habit of looking to drink for solace—or cheerfulness— or comfort. While the world goes wall they wilt likely be temperate; but the habit ft built, the railroad to destruction is cut ready for use, the trains are laid down, and the station houses erected and the train is on the line waiting only for the locomotive. Well, the first great trouble or hopeless grief is the locomotive it comes to us, it grapples us, and away we go in a moment down the line we have baen years constructinsr like a flash of lightning to the devil.-Cream. By C. Reade. AWAKENINGS. -There are sometimes sad awakenings from sleep in this world. It M very sad to dream by mg':t of bani: hed joys—to revisit old scenes, and dwell once more among the unforgotten forms of our loved nd lost-to see in the dreamland the old familiar look, and hear the well remembered tones of a voice long bushed and still, and then to wake, with the morning light, to an aching sense of our loneliness again. It wera very sad for the poor criminal to wake from sweet dreams of other and happier days—days of inno- cence, and hope, and peace, when kind friends, and a happy home, and an honoured or unstained name were his-to wake in his cell, on the morning of his execution, to the horrible recollection that all is gone for ever and that to-day he must die a felon's death. But inconceiv- ably more awful than any awakening which earthly day- break has ever brought shall be the awakening of the self-deluded noul when it is roused in horror and surprise from the dream of life-to meet almighty God in judg- ment. -Caird's Sermons. THE GULL,- Why the word" gull" should be employed to express stupidity, I cannot at all compre- hend for tha gulls are very knowing birds indeed, I, and d,fficult to bo deceived. If a piece of bread or biscuit be thrown from a boat, it remains but a very short time on the surface of the water before it .is carried off by a guU although previously not a bird was visible. But if a number of gulk are flying about, and a piece of paper or white wood be thrown into the water, there is not a gull who will even stoop towards it, al- though to the human eye the bread and p- per appear identical.-The Common Objects of the Sea-Shore. REASONABLE EVIDENCE.—Justice Maule once gave a humorous definition of "reasonable evidence." "If a mango into London Docks sobsr, without the means of getting drunk, and comes out of one of the cellars very drunk, wherein are a million gallons of wine, that would be reasonable evidence that he had stolen some of the wine in that cellar, though you could not prove that any wine was stolen or any missed." THE GRAND JURY SYSTEM.—The Court of Queen's Bench, London, was engaged on Monday in trying an indictment, by a person named Stockwell, against LordC. P. Clinton, for conspiracy and fraud, for representing himself as the possessor of a greater number of certain mining shares than he really had, for the purpose of u&ing as security for sums cf money advanced. Lord Campbell designated the action as a very improper prosecution. He said :After the charge had been in- vestigated Ùtiíprd a magistrate, and dismissed for want of evidence, the prosecutor took upon himself to prefer a"bill of indictment against the defendants. I lament that a bill of indictment can be preferred without pre- viously going before a magistrate; but when the ease is examined before a magistrate, and he finds there ia no foundation for it, I think it is extremely wrong for the prosecutor to go before a grand jury and get a bill of indictment against the accused party behind his back. It is lamentable to see how charges of this kind may be brought against most innocent and honourable members of society, and I hope some check will be given to such vexatious prosecutions." Lord C. P. Clinton was ac- quitted of all blame, and left the court amid the congratulations of his friends. MAKING A LITTER.-Once,ra gentleman who had the marvellous gift of shaping a great many things out of orange peel, was displaying his abilities at a dinner party. before Theodore Hook and Mr. Thomas Hill, and succeeded in counterfeiting a pig to the admi- ration of the company. Mr. Hill tried the same feat, and after destroying and strewing the table with the peel of at least a dozen oranges, gave it up, with the exclamation, Hang the pig! I can't make one." Nay, Hill," exclaimed Hook, "you have done more; instead of one pig, you have made a litter." To THE HEADS OF FAMILIES.—It is a familiar saying, that ladies keep men on by keeping men off." In other words, men are treated by ladies much in the same fashion as their bonnets. They are both held on by being kept back.-Punch. THE TASTE FOR HIGH" GAME.—In those days of England when high" game was in such favour, the roads were so bad in many parts that the conveyance of grouse, partridges, &c., was such a slow process that it was se'dom that this description of food could be got to the metropolis in a fresh state and in consequence, as was the case with the oysters in Rome, it became the fashion to eat the game when in most dasgerous con- dition. Now that venison and grouse can be brought from the remote parts of Scotland in the course of two days, and when railway trains fly with equal raoidity from other places, the taste for "high game" has declined, and people inspired with sanitary knowledge wonder how it was possible that sunh pungent vivers could have been borne with.-The Builder. MARRIAGES ABROAD.—The Earl of Malmesbury has brought in a bill to legalise all marriages hitherto solemnised in the chapel of the Russia Company at Moscow, either by its chaplain or by any minister in holy orders, according to the rites of our own church all marriages solemnised at Niogpo by or before Mr. Sinclair or Mr. Meadows, and all marriages solemnised in the island of Tahiti by or before Mr. Miller. There are some doubts respecting the validity of such marriages, and to remove these is the object of the bill before the House of Lords. A NEGRO'S DESCRIPTIVE POWERS.—The follow- ing sample of "darkey" talk is characteristic and amusing :—" So you had a bad susancide at your house lass nite, Sam," said a coloured gemmae, on meeting his coloured crony, a waiter at a hotel. Oh, yes, Lemuel, dat we bad-it almoss scart me into takin' a drink. He wus jis from California, wid heaps of noos- papers. He cum ober~de Jericipslus, by de Niggerauge route, and put up at our house prebious to his 'ribal. I tort de man was out ob his hed, kase he gub me a shillin' as soon as he laid eyes on me; from dat minit I stuck by him for fear sum interested pusson might get a hold ob him. De next mornin', as de chambermaid was agwine upstairs wid a scuttle ob cole for her breakfass, she smelt lodlum, passin' de man's do'; soon as she smelt dat she smelt a rat. She nocked to de man's do', but no answer. Den she broke de do' doun, and dar laid de man wid de boots on, and in he troatwus a stickin' in a bottle ob lodlum. She hollered, and we all kotched hold ob de bottle to pull it out, but it wasn't no use. We had to send for de sturgeon. De sturgeon cum, and made a decision here in de neck, nie de borax, which reached as fur as de equilbrum, reached into de sarafoeun, and putting a cortven in de decision, gub it poke wid a. dispatchlus, when out flew de bottle, and all was safe."—"What was safe, Sam? de man No, de bottle; de man wus ded afore de sturgeon cum; but he had to do sumtin to earn a feeler."—" Wus dere anything found in de pockets, Sam ?"—" How you sup- pogs I know ? Do you tink I'd put my hand in to feel ? What you mean to insinewate ?"—" Oh, nuffin'; only I neber seed you hab sich good close on afore, dat's all." FRANCE GOING AHEAD !-The French Govein- ment intend establishing a telegraphic communication between every harbour on the French coast. Electric cables, are to be laid all along the shore, and by this means Dunkirk, Havre, Bordeaux, Marseilles, Brest, Cherbourg, Rochefort, and Toulon, will be enabled to correspond together, without having to send dispatches through Taris, 8S is the case at present. The advantage of this plan, both for commercial and war purposes, is so obvious that it is to be hoped it will be adopted in England, the unprotected state of our coasts making it very desirable that an instantaneous communication should exist between all the principal towns, and all the naval stations. By this means the danger of a sudden descent on OUT shores would be greatly obviated. This new network of telegraphs has already begun to be carried into execution and the works have been com- menced on the north-west coast. IMITATION OF THE NATURAL PRODUCTION OF PEARLS.-At a recent soiree at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, Mr. Quekett exhibited tome very interesting specimens illustrating the manner in which pearls were produced naturally, and the manner in which the natural production might be artificially imitated. He showed that the oyster-shell was first perforated from without by a boring-worm, and when the inner layer is reached this layer is pushed inwards, covered with lustrous coating of the shell, and at length detached. The introduction of wires and other foreign bodies from without imitated the action of tha layer, and the body became coated or plated with the pearly layer. This is doubtless important in a commercial point of view. DEAD LETTERS.—The total number of letters sent to the Returned Letter Office" in 1857 (as dead letters") amounted in England f o 2,024,057. in Scotland to 183,132, and in Ireland to 199,651. Of these there were returned to the writers 1,460,791 in England, 145,512 in Scotland, andl23904in Ireland. In England 102,234 letters were re-issued to corrected addresses, 196,779 were returned unopened to foreign countries and the colonies, and 264,253 were destroved. 12,239 letters were destroyed in Scotland, and 66,351 in Ireland. The number of dead letters containing money and valuables was (for the United Kingdom) 30,669, and the amount of property was 419,939l. Almost all this property was, however, ultmately returned to the writers of the letters. 3,320 letters in England to the amount of 16,202?., with the exception of 141 refused letters, containing duplicate bills of exchange for 7,9361. 3s. Id., which have been destroyed as of no value, are still in the Returned Letter branch awaiting application (there being no means of discovering the writers) where they will remain for two clear years, when the letters will be destroyed, together with the bills and other securities which may have become valueless through lapse of time. The jewellery and other articles of permanent value will be sold by auction, and the sum reatised, as well as the cash and bank-notes found in such letters, will be carried to the account of the Life Insurance Fund. There are 793 letters containing cash and bank-notes to the value of 2501. 4s. 6d., but many of them will prohably yet be applied for and delivered. The sum of 5271. 63. 5d. was carried to the account of the Life Insurance Fund during the year as the proceeds of lost property; but this sum does not represent the amount properly appertaining to the year, for, owing to an alteration in the arrangements for the disposal of returned letters, the procaeds of two years' letters were carried to account in 1857. AN AMERICAN "GIVES IN !An American gentleman, (says the Rev. George Gilfillan,) travelled from Glasgow by Loch Lomond to Fort William. He was an enthusiastic Yankee; and, as he went along, he found some scene in his own country to eclipse the Clyde, Ben Lomond—in short, every place he passed till he came to Glencoe. Here he was for a while silent. He was asked, Anything in America equal to this?' Be replied, No, but it wants the American atmosphere!" Perhaps this was the highest compliment Glencoe ever received.

TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DISASTER. LOSS OF TWO HUNDRED LIVES. A terrible disaster has happened on the Lower Mississippi, America, by the blowing up of the steamer Pennsylvania below Memphis, and its consequently burning down to the water's edge, causing in all a loss of more than two hundred lives. The following narrative of the calamity is written by one of the passengers :— The steamer Pennsylvania left New Orleans on the 9th last,, with 355 passengers. There were also 40 deck barads and firemen, 24 of the steward's crew and 16 officerii-making in all 450 souls. Out of the number 182 were rescued by a woodboat, and about 70 others escaped in various ways. Thess numbers include the wounded and scalded. About 200 are lost and missing At about six o'clock on tho morning of the 13th inst., when the boat was about 70 milea below Memphis she exploded four of her boilers, while under way. At ths time of the explosion, she was near 300 yards from shore. The cabin was torn to pieces forward of her wheel- houses. Very few of tho passengers were out of their state-rooms at the time. The passengers in the after part of the cabin—men, women, and children—:roshed out, and tbe utmost confusion ensued among them, all supposing the boat was on lire, from the smoke »nd steam which came rushing through the cabin. After close examination it was ascertaintd that the boat was not on lire, and the excitement was in some degree quelled. After the explosion, the boat commenced drifting down with the current, and an anchor wai thrown overboard for the purpose of checking the boat, for at that time we that we could prevent the boat from taking fire. But the wat»r being so deep and tha current so swift, the anchor dragged and tho boat continued to drift down. As quickly as possible, Captain Klinefelter and two or three of his men made an attempt to carry a lino ashore by the yaw!, but from the line being too short, or some other cxuiie, they did not succ t-d. Without losing a moment's time, the captain ordered the yawl turned down stream to a Mr. Harris's wood-yard for the purpose of bringing an empty woodboat, which was lying there, to the rescue. This boat was not supplied with oars, and it was an exceedingly difficult matter to accom- plish this purpose, but by dint of skill and hard labour, the captain succeeded in getting it alongside. In from three to five minutes from the time the wood. boat touched the steamer, it was discovered that the Pennsylvania was on fire. The fire appeared to issue from the after end of the boilers, and in one minute from the time of the alarm, the boat was wrapped in flames. Passengers and crew immediately rushed from the burn- ing boat upon the wood-boat, and filled it as full as they could stand. Captain Klinefelter was the last man that jumped from the steamer to the wood-boat, as it was being pushed off, with its living freight, from the burn- ing boat. The most intense excitement prevailed on board the wood-boat, as we endeavoured to propel it from the burning mass—as we had only a few boards in place of oars, and the crowd rendered it almost impossible to work them with success. But we finally suceeded in getting her bow turned out, so that the current struck her stern and swunsr the wood-boat around, and by that means we cleared the burning boat, and she drifted by, but not until many of the passengers were severely scorched. By turning our backs, and with the aid of a new counterpanes and quilts which were saved, we screened ourselves from the heat as much as possible, and finally succeeded, after drifting one mile, in reaching an island or tow-head, called Ship-island, where the wood- boat was made fast to some trees. After shoving the wood-boat from the steamer, there were a good many deck passengers seen rustling out with their trunks, boxes, &c., in the hope of saving their little stock of plunder, and by trying to save their effects they lost their lives, for it was impossible for us to render them any assistance. The cabin passengers, with the exception of one or two, behaved with great coolness and decision, and rendered one another every assistance in their power, but among the deck passengers the greatest excitement prevailed. It seemed that all they cared for was to save their plunder, throwing it over the guards into the wood-boat, not heeding where it fell. A number of the passengers in the wood-boat were bruised and injured by the falling of the trunks and boxes into the boat. From this disposition to save baggage, many of the deckers were lost, who would otherwise have saved their lives. About twenty-five of the wounded escaped on the wood-boat. They suffered very much in consequence of there being no medical attendance to dress their wounds, and no means of procuring any for the space of two hours. But at length neighbouring planters from the Arkansas shore brought some linseed oil and liniment which, with the aid of cotton taken from the quilts, gave some relief to the wounded. The scalded victims suffered much from the heat of the sun, as the whole country became overflowed, and we could not succeed in getting the boat to the main land, and in this condition we were obliged to remain under a broiling sun for fully eight hours. The women and children who were unhurt also suffered excessively from the heat of the sun and hunger. After remaining on the Ishnd eight hours, the steamer Imperial, bound down, came to our relief, and after giving us a good dinner, put us on board of the Kate Frisbee and Diana, bound up. Too much praise cannot be given to the officers of these boats for the kindness they extended to us. There was a man buried in the wreck who, from his expressions, must have been either a sugar or cotton planter-as in his despair he said ho had money, negroes, and a plantation, and would give all to save his life. He was covered deeply in the ruins, and the firs coming on so rapidly it was impossible to rescue him. Nearly all the deck hands were either killed or missing. Of the firemen on watch at the time of the explosions only one was saved, and he stated to me that they had just hauled the coals from the ash pan, and had neglected in some measure to replenish the fires. At that time the engineer came around and called on them, saying, Shove her up, boys, for we are scarcely stemming the current;" and be states that they had scarcely put any wood into the fire doors before the explosion occurred. By some miracle, this man escaped with a alight scald in the back. From the report of those engaged in tr>ing to keep down the fire, barrels of turpentine or some other combustible liquid must have taken fire in the hold, from the rapidity with which the flames enveloped the whole boat, so soon after the alarm of fire. If not for the timely aid of the wood-boat, or if it had been delayed five minutes, there would not have been fifty of us left to ten the tale.

SPEEDY RETRIBUTION—THE MURDER OF MR. MANSON. Intelligence has been received of the murder by a Southern Mahratta chief of a highly-promising and very popular young civilian, Mr. Charles Manson. The motives for the deed weN but slightly, if in any degree political. The Chief of Nurgoond has long been known to the officials of the Southern Mahratta country as a thriftless, improvident man, who had deeply mortgaged his jaghire or estate, laying 60 miles to the eastward of Belgaum, and was living in no fair way to redeem it. To him, a violent, discontented freebooter, as to others, came the Government d;sarming order, consequent upon the unsatisfactory temper of the country, as shown notably in the Hulgullee affair some months ago, and in the more recent proceedings of two native leaders, Bheemia Moondurjee and Hemjee Desaee, who, after creating disturbances in the villages of Guduk and Dumul, have of late been openly setting authority at defiance in the fort of Kopul, this fort is in the ceded districts of tho Nizam's country. With the chief of Nurgood these last-named persons are supposed to have Nurgood these last-named persons are supposed to have had communications, as was likely from his desperate circumstances and their known disposition for intrigue. His fort of Nurgoond mounted several guna, and these he had been induced to part with. But by his conniv- anca, as was supposed, tho guns remained in his immedi- ate neighbourhood, want of carriage being alleged all the excuse for their non-transmission to the head- quarters of the division. Under these circumstances, it was suggested to send troops down to his fort from Belgaum. But before employing this last resort Mr Manson, acting in a political capacity in these part. determined to try the effect of a personal interview, trusting probably to his knowledge of the leading peopiu in the country, derived from some years' previous service among them. Accordingly, he rode out from Belgaum with an escort of troopers, and took the chief of Ram- droog on his way, to whom he mentioned his errand to Nurgoond and by whom he is said to have been dissuaded from proceeding on the ground that the Nurgoondikur was in open rebellion. He rode on, however, and halted for the night at a village, where he laid down to rest in a palanquin, his escort around him. Here, in the dead of the night, the chief of Nourgoond broke in upon him with a party suoooaed to have consisted of several hundred men. Mr. Manson was cut down as he was getting out of his palkee, and 16 of his escort fell, the few survivors flying to give the alarm. Colonel Malcolm at once put a force of all arms in motion, and two days ago occupied the fort of Nurgoond, evacuated by the chief. But the murderer was not so reidily to escape. 0-the day following » small party of disciplined police Baba Sahib, chief of Nurgoond, and six out of seven <5* his principal folio went, all of whom were present at Mr. Manson's murder. They had taken refuge in a belt of jungle on the banks of the river Mulpoora, between Ramdroog and Govindgul, which, but for their apprehen- sion. they would have quitted t.h"t night for Punderpoor, the Daccan, and where not ? Tnis rapid retribution will, we may fairly hop t, go far to suppress the display of whatever political disaffection may exist in the povince but the loss of poor Manson, a kindiy, clever young English gentleman, is deeply to ba deplored.

EMPLOYING CHILDREN ABOUT MACHINERY. A most important case has been tried in the Court of Queen's Bench, showing the neceesity of properly fencing in machinery, more especially where children are em. ployed. The plaintiff was a little boy 12 years of age, who, by his next friend, sued the Messrs. Humphrys and Co., engineers, of Deptford, near London, to recover damages for improperly sitting him to work at a dangerous machine, not properly fenced, whereby the plaintiff's arm was so seriously lacarated as to require amputation. The boy's father was in tho defendants' employ, and when the plaintiff was about 10 years of age he also was taken into the manufactory On the 19th of August last he was ordered to assist two men in holding sheets of iron under a punching machine which made holes in the sheets of iron as they were passed along. The machine was set in motion by a. steam-engine connected with the machine by a strap passing over a fly wheel. On th,4 axis of the fly wheel there was a cogwheel of a larger si'29, which commu- nicated the motion to the machine. In his work the boy had to stand with his back a short dis.anca fcorn the fly wheel, with his left eiboft' towards tho cogwheel $on the axle. He was waiting for the two men to bring a sheet of iron, when, in I uming round the fly wheel struck him behind. As ho was falling he threw out his left arm towards the cogwheel, which immediately caught his shirt sleeve and dragged his arm from the elbow to the shoulder 'in between the cogwheels, and broke and lacerated it in a most dreadful manner. The poar boy's cries brought assistancs, and he was taken in a state of insensibility on boaid the Dreadnought, where it was found necessary to amputate the arm at the shoulder joint While in ^ie hospital, and afterwards, the plaintiff had recced 5s. a-week from the 11 accident fund," at the factory. The pWmiff faihsr applied for some compensation for the iDjury the boy sustained which was refused. Evidence was given to show that m other manufactories it was usual to have the fly wheils and cogwheels boxed, as without such protection such machinery would;be highly dangerous, particularly where children of the age of eleven and twelve years were employed. < f Loni Campbell bummaa up the evidence, and left it to the jury to say whether the machines was dangerous, whether it was aufficientiy lence.1, aud; whether the plaintiff wa* injured while attending on the t machine in the discharge of hit duty, or whether th; accident was caused, as suggested, by his putting hili hands into the machine. The jury found for the plaintiff,—damages 2001. and; they suggested that the amount ought to be settled of the plaintiff for his own benefit, and to obtain an educa- tion for him. The father of the plaintiff at onct assented to the suggestion • and said that after allowing for some expenses which had been incurred, he wouldl settle about 1501. upon the boy. i

EMIGRATION TO CANADA. I A young gentleman having written a caution « persons about to emigrate to Canada, another gentleman (Sir Cusack Roney) writes as follows:— The young gentleman referred to by the lady who has writtet the letter is exactly one of the class continually cautioned bl the Canadian Government and by every one who knows Canadl against going there. Clerks and persons seeking situations af not wanted in the colony, and they scarcely ever obtain I decent livelihood, being unsuited alike in tastes, habits, aDd experience for the work required from such persons in a ne- country. But the failure of one class should not, I apprehend, be' reason why Canada cannot supply the wants of the many; as I proof the replies to the circular issued by the Canadian Mini'' ter of Agriculture at the commencement of this year to tW several municipalities show that between 15,000 and 16,000 øI the labouring classes were actually required in those munici' palities (not a half of the total number) that had sent replies ft to the date at which an analysis of them had been forwarded IG this country. It is insinuated in the extract that Canadian farms are neSI ti'5p?e*ess- Yet its two concluding sentences are as follows' 7~ average price of land about Toronto is 10/. a-foo' front. About seven or eight years ago a farm might have beet bought for a barrel of whiskey." A farm of land which w»J bought for a barrel of whiskey seven or eight years back, an« which now sells at the rate of lOZ, a-foot front, would hi thought in this country a profitable speculation. The present distress of persons out of employ at Toronto is traceable to the commercial panic of last winter, and to the consequent univeri^ stagnation of business. To this may be added the practice of emigrants congregating in the large cities, where they are nol required, and cannot get employment. But if the 4,OCO 01 5,000 persons now said to be idle at Toronto will go into tb' country districts, every one of them, whether man, woman, boji or girl aboie 12 years of age, that is worth his or her salt, wilj at once obtain unceasing employment, good wages, and goo' diet. If the unsuccessful would only be honest enough to stat, the real cause of their failure it will be found to exist i" themselves and not in the country which they upbr»id' Cesium non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. in,

ocic THE TRICKS OF A TRAGEDIEN^ Mademoiselle Rachel, the celebrated French ttagit actress, had noticed at the house of a friend a guitar of most respeotable antiquity, the original colour of whic) had long ago disappeared under the thick black crusl, with which time had coated it. "Are you much attachei to that piece of lumber 1" quoth Rachel to Madame S. the owner-" Would you mind giving it to me j" Oh no, indeed." was the reply, "I shall be triad to Itet rio cf it." The maid was sent off with the guitar ? Rachel's lodgings. A few days after it was the turn oJ an intimate male friend to notice the instrument, but this time it hung enveloped in a beautiful silk net throueh the bright meshes of which its black back wal ulainly visible, on the gilded wall of an elegant boudoit, What in the world have you there ?" quoth th' visitor. That," said Rachel, assuming a sentiment. attitude, that is the humble guitar, the faithful con> panion with which, in the days of my childhood, earned the scanty pittance bestowed on the poor littt street singer." U Good heavens! can it be possible How very interesting I Oh, I beg, I entreat you to lei me become the fortunate possessor of that inestimabl1 treasure; to me, to the WOTM, to history, a precioiij memento—to future^ generations a priceless legacy! exclaimed M. —— in the glow of enthusiasm. Oft I can never, never consent to part with it." I mu. have it, at any cost; do not deny me this gift, to W held as a sacred relic and permit me to offer you as ( poor exchange the set of diamonds and rubies yfl> appeared to admire some days ago at the jeweller's: U Ah, well!" quoth the Tragic Muse, heaving f deep R;gh, since you will have it, I cannot refuse yoW The historical instrument obtained so cheaply, at coat of some 60,000f., Was triumphantly installed in till aristocratic apartment of its new owner, who exhibited it to every caller, narrating its pathetic origin with tb' emphatic delivery of a showman at a fair. Unfortu1 nately, the original possessor happened to have to call on the noble Count, and recognised tfaejpregePji she had made to Rachel. On one oce*s»G3 announced to her numerous friends aud adi^jrflf'; that she had a perfect passion for emeraj«r* intended making a collection of those bean: -1 For this purpose she had already procured^ a h one, which she complacently exhibited toe. I titled Bons of fortune who followed in the tr|flL 1 Tragic Muse, as the eift of a competitor in ta A, her pood graces. The appeal was understood responded to with a contribution of course morej valuable than the specimen exhibited, the last gift inl' turn doing duty as a decoy to draw others, until theJ collection was as large as it was rich—no one beiDffl willing to be outdone by bis predecessor. Tbi>) manoeuvre, varied according to the victim played upol2, brought into the lady's jswel-oosket some thirty or forty of the finest emeralds in Paris, each gem set with more or less magnificence, and some surrounded with brilliants. The following year the whim was for rubies, and finally the lady raised a sapphire tax. When her ingenuity or the generosity of her contribu- tors was exhausted, a. jeweller was sent for, to whOID the valued and valuable souvenirs were sold for the price that could be obtained—the money was put where it brought in better interest than in its former more brilliant but less profitable shape.—Memoirs of Rachel.

RESTORATION OF PERSONS APPA- RENTLY DROWNED. On this imnortant subject the managers of the National Life Boat Institution hava recently collected some most valuable information, having with that vie" determined to bring the subjeot as far as possible beforo the medical world, and to solicit tho opinions of all medical men and medical authorities, with a view to issuing a new code of instructions which the institution might, with confidence, circulate at its stations on out: coasts. Their appeals were in general readily an*' promptly replied <0, and the result is, that the inatitt" tioa is in possession of such a mass of valuable tion and expression of opinion on this interesting ao^ important subject as has probably never previously collected, and which they h»ve embodied in a new co$ of printed instructions, which is now being extensivelf circulated on the coast of the United Kingdom. W*; now place these new instructions before our readers In the first place treat the patient instantly, on tbf spot, in the open air—exposing the face and chest tO f the breeze, exespt in severe weather. To clear the throat, pJace the patient gently fac8 dotf3war(is with one wrist under the forehead, in which positipu all fluids will escape by the mouth, and thO tongue itself will fall forward, leaving the entrance into the free. Assist this operation by wiping an<J cleansing^6 mouth._ If there be breathing—wait watch if no?> or if it fail, then, to excite respiration* turn the patient welland instantly on the side, and excito the nostrils T'th snuff, hartshorn, volatile salts, of the throat with a fearer, &e., and dash, coH water oil the face, previously rubbed warm. I I-i,. If there be no success, lose not a moment, bill instantly begin to imitate thus :~Rep)ac« the patient on the face, raising and ?upport»^g the chebit well on a folded coat or other article Of dress; turn the body very gently on the side and a little beyond, and then briskly on the face alternately j xepeating these measures deliberately, efficiently, and perseveringly about fifteen times in the minute, or every four seconds, occasionally varying the side. On each occasion that the body is replaced on the face, » make uniform but efficient pressure, with brisk move- ment on the back between and below the shoulder- blades or bOOfS, on each side, removing the pressure immediately bdoie turning the body on the side. (Tne first measure increases the expu-atxem, tie second com- mences inspiration.) ,T1?e refill w-respu-atun, or natural breathing and, if not too lak,—life. Aft«r respiration has beea restoed, promote tne warmth of the body by the application of hot flannels, bottles or bladders of hot water, hated bneks.&a.to >, the pit of the stomach, the a.rro-pil, between the thigh", and to the soles of the feet. To induce circulation I.nd warmth, during the whole time do not cease to rub ite limbs upwards, with firm graHping- prtsswo ->vv) energy. handker- chief., flannola, ^c. b]°°4d f propelled £ lo„gthevi$l ?*"» ttb l Jiaibs be thus warmed^jAolh.d, the bystanders supplying the «- qvi4ly for medical assistance, and for dry clothing. Avotl all ro«gb aud turning the body on the back. Ujder no circumstances hola up the body by the feet; norroli the body on casks nonubthe body with salts or gpHts; nor u>]cct tobacco-smoke or infusion of tobacco. Avoid the continuous warm-bath. Be particularly careful to PrevenC pa: sens crowding around the body. -0 a the refitor- GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.-° A the restoration of life a teaspoonful of Wprlu' ter hotild be given and titein, if the p0svor of swallo*1^ ha™ returuecl> small quantities of wine or brandy and w»rm;. or co.ffte" patiejXould be keP<<in bed> and a dwpositxon to sleep «.r«d The treatment recommended should bo ncour k ■ i considerable time, as it is an errone- dnion that persons are irrecoverable because does°not soon m»k3 its appearance, cases having been "uocessfully treated after parsevenng several hours.

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