The Illustrated Usk Observer and Raglan Herald

The Small Fox in Sheep. The question which has arisen as to the existence of any legal power to attempt by police regulations to confine the attack of small pox in sheep within the limits of its first occurrence, is answered by the publica- tion in the London Gazette, of September 10, of an Order in Council, which recites the powers given by the Act passed on the 11th and 12th years of Her Majesty's reign; and then proceeds as follows;- And whereas a contagious or infectious disorder, known or described as the sheep pox, or variola ovina, new prevails among the sheep in some parts of the United Kingdom, and it it is expedient to take measures for preventing such disorder from Spreading; Now, therefore, the Lords of Her Majesty's Privy Council do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the powers so vested in them as aforesaid, make and ordain the several orders and regulations following-that is to say I.-It shall not be lawful for any person to remove any sheep fnii mbs to or from any or either of the parishes and tythings iWJowmg) all lying and being in the county of Wilts, and near the town of Devizes—that is to say, the parishes or tythings of Horton, Bishop's Cannings, Allcannings, E'chilhampton, and f"ungton, or to drive or conduct any sheep or lambs through or y .way °f such parishes or tythings, or any or either of them, "aiess the person so removing, driving, or conducting such sheep v shall first have obtained a certificate in writing, signed y some person who may have been authorised by two or more inf *C,.eSj Jhe said county of Wilts to seize sheep or lambs Iqt T lab.ounnff under the same disorders under the sait* Act> that such removal, driving, or con- may take place without danger of spreading the said .i.11'—An sheeP lambs dying in any of the of the said disease, whensoever such death or deaths shall or may ipK^r' shall forthwith be buried by the person or persons in such she p or lambs may be at the time of dArS' W1,th ,thejr skins on> in Pi's of not less than 5 feet in carcases so buried shall be covered with quick- IIL-All sheès and places whatsoever, and all railway trucks nioi °u r vehicles which- may or shall have been used or occu- lt ea by sheep or lambs affected by the said disease, shall forth- "litb, after having been so used, be thoroughly cleansed with ater, and immediately afterwards with chloride of lirae by the person or persons in possession of such sheds, places, trucks, and *enicles respectively. IV.-Every person in possession of any sheep or lambs in or Oxaong which the said disease shall manifest itself shall forthwith in, To"??' of the fact to the Chief Constable, or sh?l nte,nde, 0f Po !ce' of the eount-y or borough in which such °aeep or lambs may be. is ^,urther ordered that this order shall continue in rce for three calendar months fiom and after the date hereof. tj It is to be remembered that the Act inflicts penalties not exceeding £ 20 for the infringement of any of these orders.

Flower Garden and Shrubberies. While the present favourable weather continues, the beauty of the flower garden should be preserved unim- paired but should a change for the worse take place tender plants from which cuttings are to be taken next spring, or which are to be used again next season, must be housed. Variegated geraniums will not bear much frost, and where the plants have to be wintered in situa- tions which-are not very suitable for them they should be taken up before they are at all injured, as they will be much more liable to damp and die back in winter if is6 woo £ » at a11 touched by frost. Unless where there ■ a sufficient stock of these thev should not be cut is usuaHy done with the old scarlets, but lif?Ui < pt over the winter just as they are *«ted from the beds, and cut back early in spring after parting them into growth, when the cuttings will f?ot very freely in heat, and in the case of Flower of Day> or other free growers, will make useful sized Wants by turning out in time, and even the strongest growers of these do not cover a bed very quickly unless emu tuts piams buoum inereiore De win- "wed in as large a state as the accommodation will £ mut. Rooted verbenas, &c., must, he well attended to. them perfectly clear of green fly, and exposing l«em freely to air on every favourable opportunity; so as jo prevent anything like growth after this season, and feeP the plant hard, in which state they will be much liable to fog off under a week or two's confinement « winter than if they were kept in a growing soft state Dot °vftake]1 severe weather. Things which are snL sv™cient'y established must, however, be treated hom,erhat more kindly, and should have a gentle bottom close or moSag6 r°0tS' bUt d° noi; keep the atm03Fhere

Pttg,Tan Ihe Paris Opinion Nationale SSSr a oorrespomience from Romef which throws a I UP?n the reC?nt fs^ions 'that the Emperor as undertaken to guarantee the Pope in the enjoyment 3 present temporal possessions. The stn™ glows :->< One of Cardinal Antonelli's bro^ers lmelv fmiF'13 ™arried t0 a charming woman, and there is a jUDaour 'bat an attache of the French Embassy is one of admirers. The existence of this rumour afforded the ^erical party an opportunity too precious to be let slin attache was induced in soma way or another to com- ttnicate to Cardinal Antonelli secret dispatches, which f /lv.ed at tlie embassy during M. Lavalette's absence. Seer n er ha™S got wind of something wrong, wrote y t0 Paris t0 desire that a sensation dispatch fals Sent to t^e contents of which should be twe" 11 was in compliance with this request that fuaa ,spatch sent which the France made a great a"out; the Pope that the patrimony of St. Cnwr would be guaranteed to him. This dispatch was at OIlCe surreptitiously made known to Cardinal Antonelli, jyj he in his joy hastened to communicate it to LaFrance. -^avalette went to the Vatican a few days after- and f.as asked by the Cardinal whether communi«ate. "Nothing." "But, 'oldnT "Nothing, your eminence." "But we are seo«! your g°vernmeDt has sent you a note promising S US OU,y Prr,nt ,terntory-" I know nothing of 4 H n°te- T,hal Is stra?ge^ insisted the Cardinal, ^hP»: Vaa been alIuded to in La France« RPailv but the^Uncin »,th«oT?Ce g6t \^°m I" J'Do^tles3 from Mil 0h! very well," said M. Lavalette • I CarcDn ir t0 the nuncio at Paris-" At length, when the ^ied?oWthafiM?h" Ch¥ W°^!d be comPromised, he ea to sacrifice the really guilty party.

A DISHONEST GOVERNESS. At the Lambeth Police-court, on Friday, Agnes Boyd, aged 19, who has been for some years a Sunday school teacher, and who at the time of her apprehension was governess of the National Infant School at Stepney, was finally examined before Mr. Elliott on about 20 charges of felony. From the statement of Sergeant Shepherd, a detective officer belonging to the L division of police, it appeared that for some years the prisoner had carried on a whole- sale system of plunder, and even her sweetheart and her father had been made the victims of her dishonest propensities, for she stole the watches of both. So artful and plausible was she, and so regular in her attendance at church, that, though valuable property had been missed from places she visited, soon after she left, not the slightest suspicion attached to her, and it was only her extravagance and her love for pleasure that finally led to her apprehension and a discovery of her delinquencies. For two years she lived as assistant to Mr. Richey, of 4, Upper Stamford-street, who carried on the business of a wholesale mantle manufacturer, and such was the extent to which she carried on her plunder that Mr. Richey, instead of making, lost money, and in consequence gave up his business to his son, who removed it to a warehouse in the city. While in that service, the prisoner not only pledged a large amount of property, but supplied her female friends and acquaint- ances with mantles for half a guinea each, the materials in which cost her master 30s., representing to the pur- chasers that she had the privilege of disposing of the articles at cost price. In the month of June last, she returned to her lodgings in the absence of her land- lady, and when no other person was there; and when the landlady came home she (the prisoner) told her that on going into her apartment she found it had been entered by thieves, who had carried away several articles be- longing to her. This led the landlady to examine her rooms, and sha found that her watch and various articles, her property, were gone, but never suspected the prisoner herself was the thief, as the tickets relating to the propei ty found in her possession suf- ficiently proved. Some time after the prisoner called at the residence of Mrs. Saunders, a friend of hers, and during the short absence of Miss Saunders from the room to procure her a glass ot water, she managed to conceal about her person, under her crinoline, it was supposed, a fashionable silk mantle, and carried it off with her. Information of the robbery was given to Sergeant Shep- herd, and in answer to his inquiries as to who had visited the house on that day, the name of the prisoner was given to him, but not as a person suspected. The officer, however, made inquiries about her, and finding that her habits were more extravagant than her or- dinary means would perir.it, he, on her return from Brighton, where she had been on an excursion, charge d her with stealing the mantle from the house of Mrs. Saunders. She at first hesitated, but ultimately admitted the fact, and said she would give him the duplicate of the mantle, and did so. He then insisted on searching her box, and on doing so found 35 other duplicates, all relating to property she had stolen, and among it the watches of her father and sweetheart. On the latter getting into the witness-box to give evidence against her, the prisoner pretended to drop in the dock, and made a strange noise as if in a fit, but was at once told by Oakes, the goaler, to get up, as such sham tricks were useless and would not do, and her recovery was marvellously quick. Mr. Elliott observed that it was unnecessary to send more than three cases before a jury, and the evidence in three clear cases having been taken, the prisoner was fully committed for trial upon them.

POLITICAT. GOSSIP. THE Commander-in-Chief has come to the determina- tion that no application from any officer to retire from the service by the sale of his commission will, under any circumstances, be entertained unless the application be accompanied by a military medical certificate of the siate of the officer's health. We believe we are not wrong in associating this order with the case of the late Lieut,- Colonel Ambrose, of the Buffs, who died some weeks after he had applied to retire from the service, but before the retirement was gazetted. There were diffi- culties in the case, but eventually it was decided that Colonel Ambrose's retirement should be held as com- pleted before his death, and the step went by purchase, his executors being allowed to receive the value of his commissions. It would undoubtedly bear hardly on the relatives of an officer if any delay at the War-office, were to deprive_ them of the. price of his commissions m the event of his death but, on the other hand, death vacancies have always been held to be the fair prize of a regiment, and an officer dying while he is formally in the service is succeeded without purchase. Under the new rule an offioer will be bound to show that when he makes up his mind to retire he is not labouring under any disease likely to cause death within a short time Once the resignation is accepted, no subsequent delavs that may arise will affect the interest of the officer's heirs in his commissions. We should in fairness state that these delays do not arise from any shortcomings on the part of the Commander-in- Chief's department; they often cannot be avoided, in consequence of the complica- tions arising as to the promotions consequent on a re- tirement. The qualifications of those who stand next in succession, their pecuniary arrangements, the reference" that have to be made to distant colonies, all combine to cause delay. It has been also determined that when an officer who has not purchased all his commissions applies to retire, he is to state the details of his foreign service. This arises from the modification of the practice, hitherto _'11" x-ift icuowea, ot allowing an officer a sum equal to £ 100 for each year of his service up to the value of the steps he did not purchase. No absolute rule has been made on this subject for the future, but it may be generally assumed that £ 100 a-year will be allowed for tropical or arduous service abroad, and half that sum for service at home.-Army and Navy Gazette. DURING the recent visit of Lady Palmerston and his Lordship to their Greasley estate, they visited several farms on their property, carefully inspecting the houses and buildings, and evincing much interest in the welfare of the occupants, it was raining heavily during the inspection, and the farms were a considerable distance apart from each other. This is a proof that the Premier, amidst the cares of state, finds time to attend to his private duties; indeed, we have it from good authority that he is one of the best of landlords. AFTER due consideration, Mr. Coleridge has formally accepted the invitation of the Liberal Association, given him to stand as one of the candidates for the representa- tion of Exeter in the Liberal interest, at the next general election. THE Order in Council which lately appeared, and which gave Captain Sheraid Osborn, R.N., C.B., and Mr. Horatio Nelson Lay authority to enlist and engage British subjects into the military and naval service of the Emperor of China, has been die means of bringing out numerous communications from gentlemen desirous of acquiring money and fame in the Flowery Land. It is now stated that Captain Osborn and Mr. Lay have r o intention, at all events for the present, to engage a single soldier, their efforts beng exclusively confined to the equipment of a naval expedition. The power of accept- ing the services of military men is undoubtedly given to them, but it does not therefore follow that they intend to exercise it; and, from all we hear, we do not think it probable that they will take any steps in the matter until they receive fresh instructions from the Govern- ment of China. We understand that some adventurous spirits, not caring to brook delay, have already pro., ceeded to the East on the mere chance of being employed in the land forces engaged in putting down the Taeping rebellion. r & l..Olm X ALMERSTOJT has accepted the invitation of the authorities of Southampton to open the Hartley Institu- tion on an early day. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in- Chief, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, has directed that soldiers sentenced to be discharged with ignominy and marked with the letters B. C., shall be so marked by the hospital sergeant of the regiment or depot to which the offender belongs, under the direction of a medical officer; the marking to be effected prior to the, man s committal to a civil prison, and to be carried out after the present mode of marking with the letter D. ships composing the Channel Squadron, under tr. A Smart, K.H., have been ordered to return in the' Downs t^ere^ore immediately expected REPRESENTATION OF STCKE-UFOX-TEENT.-Mr. Pope ■ k.ls address to the electors he says:—" I w thdraw from this contest. I make this announcement regr6t aftlr *the unexampled kindness I have rI± 0I?rU; but' "V™ a ca*eful examination of C-me \othe conclusion that the defeat of the Liberal cause is certain if I now press my admitted to the poll." qf,r^oEL wit.h swords was fought at 8 o'clock, on Saturday morning last on the cross road from Arcuel to Bourg la Reme near Pans. The ccmbatants, who ap- peared by their dress to belong to the upper class of society, arrived at the ground in private carriages. The principals were attended each by two seconds, and two others kept 'watch. After a combat which lasted only a few minutes one of the parties fell severely wounded. His seconds carried him to his carriage, which proceeded at great sneed towards Paris, followed by the others. THE Gironde, one of the French provincial papers, has received a second warning for reasons too absurdly futile to be even assigned. The editor, M. Lavertrigon, has announced his intention to carry a revolver for the future, to protect himself and his domicile from the outrages to which he has been exposed. THE PRINCE IMPERIAL of France is just like other little boys. His governess impressed upon him recently the necessity of being polite and pretty to those who approached him. The next day one of his wishes was refused. "If you don't give me what I want," said the ittle corporal, I'll make faces at people."

QTTBL MISCE JJCI 4NY. A Joke of Dr. Good.all's.—This gentleman was proverbially fond of punning. About the same time that he was made Provost of Eton, he received also a stall at Windsor. A young lady of his acquaintance, while congratulating him on his elevation, and requesting him to give the young ladies of Eton and 'Windsor a ball during the vacation, happened to touch his wig with her fan, and caused the powder to fly about. Upon which the doctor exclaimed, My dear, you see you can get the powder out of the canon, but not the ball."—Captain Gronow. Drunkenness an Incurable Vice. — When this vice has taken fast hold of a man, farewell industry, farewell emulation, farewell to things worthy of atten- tion, farewell love of virtuous society, farewell decency of manners, and farewell, too, even an attention to per- son; everything is sunk by this predominant and brutal appetite. In how many instances do we see men who have begun life with the brightest prospects before them, and who have closed it without one ray of comfort and consolation! Young men, with good fortunes, good talents, good tempers, good hearts, and sound constitutions, only by being drawn into the vortex of the drunkard, have become by degrees the most loathsome and despica- ble of mankind. In the house of the drunkard there is no h&ppiness for any one. All is uncertainty and anxiety. He is not tbe same man for any one day at a time. No one knows of his outgoings or his incomings. When he will rise, or when he will lie down to rest, is wholly a matter of chance. That which he swallows for what he calls pleasure brings pain, as hourly a3 the night brings the morning. Poverty and misery are in the train. To avoid these results we are called upon to make no sacri- fice. Abstinence requires no aid to accomplish it. Our own will is all that is requisite; and if we have not the will to avoid contempt, disgrace, and misery, we'deserve neither relief nor compassion.- William Cobbett. It was the Cat, Sir."—If anything goes wrong in our household, or if we miss anything, we usually get a remarkable answer rto our inquiry into particulars. All blame is laid to the charge of the catPussy brings it upon herself, however, for she really does make herself very disagreeable. Nobody will attempt to deny that she is of thoroughly selfish principles. She considers it an act of paramount duty to live for her own sweet self. She has a cold heart, and is unstable in her affections. Rub her the wrong way, or not in the right place, and she will scratch you; you will find your band covered with blood. Is she sorry for it ? Not a bit of it J" She always chooses a warm berth on the hearth-rug; and, if you attempt to remove her, she immediately ceases purr- ing, and will Eulk for a week. Sometimes she will leave you, without permission, for a whole fortnight, and re- turn home—artful hnssey J—a.s if nothing had happened; looking, too, demure as a Jesuit. Now, you find her peeping into every cupboard in the house, presently she is in the coal cellar, staring at you most mysteriously with those two great glassy eyes of hers. In every case, find her where you may, she is creeping about stealthily and noiselessly. And see, there she is now, at this very moment, looking down upon us from the housetop-the Sly-bnots.! No wonder if anything goes wrong, or is missed, that all should be laid to the charge of the cat! I can trace many very extraordinary losses, in years gone by, to the cat." Tea, sugar, wine, and even ardent spirits, have disappeared in quantities—all, I was told, under feline agency. Hang the cat!" said I. If s no use doing that, sir," was the replv I once received, "cats won't uie." Obstinate thieves muttered I.—William -iCidd's Notes on the Domestic Cat. Hints for Novelists.—They say that all the works bearing Dumas's name are not written by him. Well ? Does not the chief cook have aides under him ? Did not Raoens' pupils paint on his canvases ? Had not Lawrence assistants for his backgrounds. For my- self, being also du mUier, I confess I would often like to have a competent, respectable, and rapid clerk for the business part of my novels; and on his arrival, at eleven o clock would say, Mr. Jones, if you please, the arch- bishop must die this morning in about five pages. Turn to article Dropsy (or what you will) in Enclycopaeiia. Take care there are no medical blunders in his death. Group his daughters, physicians, and chaplains round him. In Wales' 'London,' letter B, third shelf, you will find an account of Lambeth, and some prints of the place. Colour in with local colouring. The daughter will come down, and speak to her lover in his wherry at Lambeth-stairs," &c. &c, Jones (an intelligent young man) examines the medical, historical, topographical books necessary; his chief points out to him in Jeremy Taylor (fol. London, MUCLV.) a few remarks such as might befit a dear old; archbishop departing this life. When I come back to dress for dinner, the archbishop is dead on my table, in five pages; medicine, topography, theology, all right, and Jones has gone home to his family some hoars. Sir Christopher is the architect of St. Paul s. He has not laid the stones or carried up the mortar. There is a great deal of carpenter's and joiner's work in novels which surely a smart professional hand might supply. A smart professional hand? I give you my word, there seem to me parts of novels-let us say the love-making, the business," the villain in the cup- board, and so forth, which I should like to order John Footman to take in band, as I desire him to bring the coals and polish the boots. Ask me indeed to pop a robber under a bed, to hide a will which shall be forth- coming in due season, or at any time of life to write a namby pamby love conversation between Emily and Lord Aithur I feel ashamed of myself, and especially when my business obliges me to do the love passages, I blush so, though quite alone in my study, that you would fancy I was going off in an apop12xy. Are authors affected by their own works? I don't know about other gentlemen, but if I make a joke myself I cry; if I write a pathetic scene I am laughing wildly all the time—at least Tomkins thinks so. You know I am such a cynic!—Mr. Thaclceray, in the Cornhill Magazine. Ancient Game Laws -Henry V MI., in passing an Act forbidding any person who was not possessed of lands to the value of X100 per annum from shooting with, cr even keeping in his house, cross-bow, hand-gun, bsgout, or demi-hake, has handed down a list of the beasts and birds that inhabited Britain in this day, as well as an inventory of the small arms then in common use. Any subject who dwelt at a distance of two fur- longs from the town might keep the weapons enumerated, and so might all those who lived within five miles of the sea-coast; and the last-mentioned were further privileged to shoot "at any wild beast or fowl, save only deer, it"0"' feS £ at> Partridge, wild swan, or wild keenest sportsman would have some diffi- culty to come up with shovelaids (pelicans), wild swans, or wild elks in these latter days; and from the prohibi- tion just quoted we conclude that they were getting scarce m King Harry's time. The hand-gun," remote progenitor of our Enfield and Whitworth rifles, appears 1° k-aV? fightus way through several enactments a ainst its use. Edwara VI. decreed that no one under the degree of a Baron should shoot with a hand-gun in any city or town, at any fowl or with any hailshot, on pain of a fine of £10 and three months' imprisonment, with the exception of those persons privileged to shoot by Henry IV., who were not to be restricted, provided j^6y/°r 10 U8e the Actionable hailshot.-Once a Week. Archbishopric of Canterbury.—A correspon- aent of che Edinburgh Evening Courant writes It is con- T VK state.d Jhat Dr. Tail, the present Bishop of l-oncton, who it is well known is a native of Edinburgh, s be elevated to the see of Canterbury. Should such prove true, the lines spoken in an epilogue by Richard witb tlP a\the <^°'3e ^heatre in 1601, may, in connection be hter^ly fulfi'ijgji London, be said to A Scot our King? The limping state That day must need a crutch. What next ? In time a Scot will prate < As Primate of our Ciiui chi "When such shall be, why then you'll see That day it will be found The Saxon down, through London town, Shall burrow underground!

A New Leaf. For the pedestal of the statue at the Exhibition known as the "Reader," and supposed to be the daughter of Garibaldi. What read you there, fair maiden, With downcast, thoughtful face ? While the sun falls fair on flowing hair, And limbs of perfect grace. Read you of one whose bonours burned Too pure for shade of guilt, But whose rash haste has near o'erturned The altar he has built ? Of one who, for a land enslaved, Poured forth fair freedom's wine; Then, while it lipped the draught it craved, Would spill the gift divine? Read you of civil strife forbid, 1" Of fratricidal Slaughter ? There should be tears, then, on this lid— Ob! Garibaldi's daughter! ERRATUM.—The Times made a mistake the other day in the name of the King of Dahomey. It is not Bad- dahung, but Badenoughtobehung. SDIPLY ABSURD.—Is pinning your faith" to a person a painful piocess,for him or her to go through ? OBVIOus.-Somebody advertises some tinted specta- cles, wich hA states to be used by great numbers of the aristocracy, including Lord Palmerston." These last words induced us immediately to send for a pair, for we like to see everything couleur de rose. A LESSON TO AUCTIONEERS.—At the Mansion-house, one day last week, William Bracklin, an auctioneer, was charged with an assault on a Mr. Thomson, which con- sisted in hitting the complainant a violent blow on the mouth. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 40s. and costs. Serve him right. Auctioneers must be taught not to knock people down. "A HEAVY BLOW, AND GREAT DISCOURAGEMENT."— It seems very strange that at the present moment, in America, when they are experiencing the greatest diffi- culty in raising the wind, every one should be rush- ing away as fast as he can to get out of the draft." THE PROGRESS OF SLANG.—A marriage in high life is called an alliance. People being generally prone to ape their superiors, this foolish word will sooa come to be applied to marriages in middle life and low life. The necessary consequence will be, that a married couple will be called Allies. Already we speak of Captain So-and-So and his Lady, instead of his Wife. It will next be Captain So- and-So and his Ally, and ultimately "Me and my Ally," instead of My Wife and I," or I and my Husband," will be a customary form of speech amongst the lower orders. JOKE MADE ONLY TO WARN OFF CORRESPONDENTS.— Mr. Weed, of New York, is on his way to England. We should have preferred an importation of "Virginian Weed," but the destiny of both is the same, a mission ending in smoke. [Do Correspondents understasd ? We have used the weed joke, so they will let it alone.j AN ENGRAVING BY Doo.-A forged bank-note.

Wanted to Know. If the teeth of a storm ever bite; and if so, is lightning the result ? If a good view is to be had from the top of the morning ? If the man who did not know what to do ever got a job ? S If a bald-headed man can be said to be hair-brained ? If one man is not as good as any other man ?

GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTivAL. The 139th Festival of the Three Choirs of Worces- ter, Hereford, and Gloucester, was brought to a happy conclusion on Saturday morning, about the time when people were awakening to a new day. The grand full- dress ball which usually winds up these musical gather- ings is held under supposed independent arrangements, entirely separate from the control of the festival stewards. Nevertheless the ladies of a majority of the stewards gave the weight of their patronage and presence to the closing gay scene. The following were numbered among the patronesses -The Duchess of Beaufort, the Countess Ducie, Viscountess Campden, Lady De Maulev, Lady Fitzhardinge, Lady Catherine Berkeley, Lady Emilie Gray, Lady Miles-Beach, Lady Jenkinson, Lady Rush- out, Lady Campbell, Hon. Mrs. Gustavus Talbot, Hon. Mrs. Dalton, Hon. Mrs. F. W. Berkeley, Hon. Mrs. Charles P. F. Berkeley, &c. The ball was held at the Shire Hall (where the evening concerts had been held), and Adams's quadrille band was engaged. Amongst the other distinguished visitors at the festival were the Earl of Ellenborough, Lord Wriotbesley, Lord Benholme, the Countess of Duniaven, Lord Sudeiey, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, the Bishop of St. David's, Sir George and Lady Jenkinson, Hon. Colonel Berkeley, M.P., the Rev. Sir Lionel Darell and Lady Darell, Sir J. Pakington, Bart., M.P., Rev. Sir J. H. C. Seymour, Bart., Rev. Sir E. W. V. Colt, the Ladies Quin, the Hon. Mr". Dutton, Rev. Sif Geo, Prevost, Ven.. Archdeacon Thorpe, Mr. Powell, M.P., Mr. C. Hotham, M.P., Mr. C. P. F. Berkeley, M.P., Hon. F. Lygon, M.P., the Rev. Canon Harvey, Rev. Canon Davies, Rev. Canon Powell, Rev. Canon Kennaway, the Mayor and bheriff of Gloucester, &c. At the commencement of the festival the attendance at the first oratorio having fallen off from 1,700 on the first day of last Gloucester meeting to 843-about one-half— on the corresponding morning of the meeting just closed, there were misgivings as to the result, but happily these were removed by the large attendance at the last concert on Thursday, and last oratorio on Friday. At the latter there were 2,.517 persons present, against 2,(S00 in 1859, and yet the place appeared much more crowded than it bad ever been before. Crinoline seems to have been in- jurious to the festivals, forin consequence of the necessity of extending the size of each person's sitting in the high- priced places fewer could be accommodated. This perhaps, may have been one reason why the stewards raised the prices of admission to the cathedral. The concert-room, too, on Thursday night was crowded apparently to excess; extra chairs were obtruded into the gangways, and a great many gentlemen had to stand for want of sitting room. Nevertheless, there were only 569 persons in the room, against 635 on the corresponding evening of 1859. The following table shows the com- parative attendance at the oratorios and concerts at the two last Gloucester festivals ORATORIO. 1859. 1862. Tuesday 1700 893 Wednesday 1414 1326 Thursday 1546 1071 Friday 2800 2517 j, 7460 5807 ■ CONCERT. 1859. 1862. Tuesday 415 331 Wednesday 350 310 Thursday 635 569 1400 1210 The large sum of JE448 was collected at the doors of the Cathedral and in donations sent to the fund on Friday, which helped to swell the contributions to the charitv! The daily receipts, as near as they can be anaJysed, were:— Tuesday £ 167 16 6 Wednesday 176 16 2 Thursday d 157 3 2 Friday. 448 0 0 • i £ 949 15 10 oome additions to this amonnt are still expected. £1,034 was collected at the last Gloucester meeting, and £1,3148s. 7d. (the largest amount ever realised at "ny one festival) was received at Worcester in 1860. Next year's festival will be held at that city, and already a goodly list of stewards has been secured, while £1,000 has been raised to enlarge the Shire Hall at Hereford for the pur-pose of placing in it an orchestra for the festival concerts.

We understand that the Prince of Wales's marriage to the Princess Alexandra of Denmark has been privately settled at Brussels; that it is one based entirely upon mutual affection and the personal merits of the young pi incess; and that it is in no way connected with political considerations. The revered Prince Con- sort, whose sole object was the welfare and happiness of his children, had been long convinced that this was a most desirable marriage. The knowledge of this is in itself a source of deep gratification to the Queen and will be most satisfactory to the country. The New Poaching Act has been discovered to ba seriously defective. It isdoubtfuJ, from the wording of the statute, whether a policeman, to carry out its pro- visions, can go a step beyond the county, borough, or place to which he is appointed. The right of search is also said to be_ restricted to any highway, street, or public place, so that if a poacher is or- private land he. cannot be touched. If he sees a "policeman coming towards him on the highway he has only to get on the other side of the hedge into a field, and he cannot be molested.

EPITOME OF NEWS. Mr. Bishop, the Englishman arrested for conveying Bourbonist communications between Naples and Rome, has been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. Baron RieasolL—ThM distinguished Italian states- man has just visited Norfolk, for the purpose of making himself practically acquainted with the system of agri- culture pursued in that county. Baron Ricasoli, since his retirement from office, has devoted much attention to the best mode of developing to a greater exten than hitherto the agricultural resources of Italy. For this purpose the baron has visited Switzerland as well as England. Treasure Trove.-It is alleged that the new Turkish Minister of Kinance has made a discovery which, coming from Constantinople, is almost miraculous-he has actually found a large quantity of gold and silver coin in the Turkish exchequer, which is estimated at about l,500,000f. It is supposed to have lain concealed for upwards of a century. During the year 1861, 284 persons were killed, and 883 injured by accidents, on railways in the United Kingdom. Of this number 216 were killed, and 836 in- jured in England and W ales; 39 were killed, and the same number injured in Scotland; and 29 were killed, and 8 injured in Ireland. Forty-six passengers were killed and 781 injured from causes beyond their own., control. As an express train from Lyons was on SunJay entering the siation at Chasses, a passanger, in order to get rid of an empty bottle, threw it out of the carriage window. Unfortunately the projectile struck the hetiu of an engine driver of a traiu which was standing in the station, and who was sitting down smoking his pipe, and injured him so severely that he died in a short time after. There is said to be upwards of £2,000,000 sterl- ing worth of goods in store and afloat in Nassau, New Providence, destined for the Confederates. Complaints are made that the potato disease has reappeared in West Suffolk, and in the neibgbourhood of Newmarket. The disease is at present only very partial, and it is considered that the crop generally presents an improvement upon last year, the tendency since the dis- astrous year of 1845 having been towards a gradual although irregular amelioration. Business and occupation are not synonymous terms. The French persist in the occupation of Rome; but they have no business there.-Punch. The Movimento of Genoa states that by the judg- ment of the 6tb, its responsible editor had been con- demned to twenty days' imprisonment and 200f. fine for publishing Garibaldi's Marsala proclamation, which was declared to contain insults on the Emperor of the French. The French transport fleet which was convey- ing troops to Mexico has met with disaster at the com- mencement of the voyage. One vessel caught fire in the roads of Gibraltar and was lost, the crew and troops being rescued, and another sustained injuries by a collision, which compelled her to put into Gibraltar to repair her damage. A citizen of Bath, says a contemporary, has taken a fancy to the head of a dog that howls in his vicinity, and offers a guinea for a sight of the head minus the body. Advices from Turin mention the existence of a circular which is about to appear from M. Rattazzi on the late events in Italy, and in which the Roman question is discussed with great freedom. Two towns in Eastern Flanders, Audenarde and Termonde," says the Independence, "have adopted Garibaldi's march for the chimes of the church clock." All the accounts from the hop-growing districts in the Bas-Rhm agree in stating that the picking, which has just commenced, gives every reason to hope for an abundant crop. The quality is also said to be unusually fine. So plentiful is the supply of small fish in Cork Harbour that the nets usually emptoyed appear to.be re- garded as inadequate, and a singular means of capture has been resorted to—crinoline. With this novel appa- ratus thousands have been already taken, the smaller end of the article being closed up, and a pole attached to the other extremity. The old East India-house in Leadenhall-street is rapidly disappearing, and nothing remains, to show of it except the portico, and this will be levelled to the ground in the course of a few days. Preparations are being made for covering the ground with warehouses and chambers. Tlie Austrian Gazette states that a highly respectable man residing at Gyongas (Hungary),, having found a friend at his house paying attentions to his wife too assiduous to be pleasant, cut off one of the gentleman's ears, and has carried it in his pocket ever since! There has lately been discovered at Gwaen- nant-du, near the fine shooting villa of the Right Hon. Lord Tredegar, on the road from Brecon to Merthyr, a, strong mineral spring which has already proved highly benencial in scorbutic affections, rheumatism, sciatica, gout, &c., when other remedies had failed. The Opinione of Turin states that General Garibaldi and his followers are to be amnestied on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Pia, which is to take place about the end of the present month, A Paris letter says that in the South some articles which the States have been unused to manufacture, and were dependent for upon the Northern States or upon foreign countries, have lately become exorbitantly dear. According to recent letters, shoes were selling as high as 25 dols. a pair. Two fearful explosions of gunpowder are reported from Cornwall, both having occurred in. the same mill, and one immediately after the other. The two accidents have caused the death of five women, who were employed in the works, and injured several other persons. A letter from Cassel states that all the elections have terminated in the return of the candidates belonging either to the eld constitutional party or to the new party of progress. A ball was given at Bad-Homburg, near Frank- fort-on-the-Maine, on Friday, on behalf of the sufferers from the cotton famine, ann it produced a net amount exceeding £180, which has been forwarded to England. An exhibition offruits is to take place at Vienna early in October, to which the English growers have been invited to contribute. The Royal Horticultural Society have accepted the challenge, and will send over not only a magnificent display of English grapes and wall fruit, but a deputation of eminent cultivators. Information has just been received in the City, that the British steamer Lloyd's, with a very valu- able cargo of cotton, had successfully run the blockade: from Charleston, and had arrived at Halifax. As much as 60 guineas war premium had been paid on the risk. At the late Court of the Ancient Order of Foresters the munificent donation of £500 was given in behalf of the Cotton Districts Relief Fund. A fire broke out on Sunday in the convent of St. Barbe, at Strasburg. About eight in the morning flames. were seen to issue from the roof of the wing containing the chapel. The firemen were soon on the spot, and suc- ceeded in extinguishing the fire, but not before consider- able damage had been done. The Austrian Government appears to be cer- The Austrian Government appears to be cer- tainly taking measures to reduce the effective of the army of Italy. Orders have been given to suspend the fitting out of several vessels of war which were preparing for a cruise in the Mediterranean. The female hippopotamus at the Garden of Plants at Paris gave birth io a young one last week; but, | like all those preceding, it died in a short time. The Hon. and Rev. W. H. Scott, rector of Maiden Newton, has accepted the Archdeaconry of Dorset. A few days since a writer in Portsmouth dock- yard, named Breach, was knocked down by two men in white jackets, supposed to belong to the Marine Artil- lery, who, after using him in a barbarous manner, robbed him of his watch, chain, &c. A cart coming by picked up Mr. Breach, and he was conveyed to his resi- dence. A Galway paper states that a man has been arrest- ed at Tuam, on suspicion of being Hayes, the murderer of Mr. Braddell. A person acquainted with his appear- ance has been sent to Tuam from Galway for the pumose of identifying him. r London is to be favoured with a Dominican church and priory, to be erected on Haverstock-hill the Dominican fathers who originated the movement having obtained the consent of Cardinal Wiseman to the plan. • A waterspout burst over Barcelona on the 15th inst. The streets were transformed into torrents, in which many of the Inhabitants had to swim for their lives. Several houses have been washed away. The damage done is immense. Mr. Cobden in Dundee — Mr. Cobden, who is at present on a visit to Mr. W. E. Baxter, M.P., at Ash- cliffe, near Dundee, was in that town on Saturday. He visited the Exchange reading-room, and entered into conversation with several of the merchants whQ were known to him.