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HINTS UPON GARDENING.
HINTS UPON GARDENING. FLOWER GARDEN.-Remove decayed flower stems, and keep the borders clear of weeds, so as to prolong the season as much as possible. Plant out pinks and carnations, and rooted cuttings of herbaceous plants. The beds of seedlings must be looked over and thinned, and the thinnings planted in fresh pots of newly-dug and firmly-trodden ground. This is the season for planting bulbs. The first lot of hyacinths and tulips should at once be got into pots, and plunged in coal- ashes or coarse sand, so as to quite bury them, and keep them only moderately moist, and as much as pos- sible free from the action of the atmosphere, so as to induce a root action before the foliage is produced. Hyacinths may also be planted in beds and borders, but tulips should not be put into the open ground till next month. A very effective way of using hyacinths is to put them in patches of seven-one in the middle and six round it, every separate patch to be of a different colour. Cuttings of bedding plants may still be taken freely, but there should be no delay, or they may not be well rooted before cold weather sets in. This month and next are the best times for striking calceolarias. Take off the young shoots from near the bottom of the stool, aud put them pretty close together in 5-inch pots, well drained, and filled up to near the rim with a mixture of peat, loam, and sasd, equal parts, and half an inoh of pare sand on the surface. China roses may also be struck now ia pots in the greenhouse, and they do safest under hand. glasses. A second bloom, to last till Christmas, may be obtained from fuchsias, by cutting in the young wood, and giving the plants a little heat to start them afresh. Geraniums struck early in the summer will now be coming into bloom, to keep the greenhouse gay all the winter. Annuals, to bloom early next season, should be sown at once on hard ground, in a dry position; if elevated above the general level, all the better. The following are tie best leading sorts to sow now, to be transplanted in March, to bloom in clumps or masses, when the bloom will be much finer as well as earlier than from spring- sown seeds Calliopsis, Clarkia, Collinsia, Convolvulus minor, Godetia, Eseholtzia, Hibiscus, Iberis Kermesina, Jacobea, Larkspur, Lapinus, Nemophita, Nolana, Poppy (dwarf French), Schizanthua (dwarf), Silene rubella and armeria, Yiscaria octilata, Venus's Looking-glass.— Chrysanthemums to be got in order for blooming with. out delay, to be tied in fts required, and to have plenty of water, varied once a week or so with liquid manure. Cuttings of pompones put in now, and rooted quickly on a gentle dung-heat, will make nice little plants to bloom at Christmas in the house. They must not be stooped at all, and have a rich soil to grow in. Short cuttings should be talsen, so that there will be no necessity to use sticks to support them. Intermediate :) stocks to be potted in thumbs siag y, ancl kept shaded till they make fresh roots. Sow Queens, Intermediates, and Brornptona; the soil to be a sound turfy loam, without dun??; manure will make them too sappy to stand the winter well, but a poor. 9011 will be likely to cause a large proportion of single flowers. Pansies to be propagated now m quantity for planting out in October, and to pot for early blooming in pits in spring. Those lately struck to be planted out in beds of turfy loom, with a liberal admixture of sand and charred rubbish, but very little animal manurp. .BosM mav be budded on briars till the middle of October, but the earlier the better. Those entered in July have made good shoots, and should be looked over occasionally for the removal of wild buds below the work. Roses layered now, and left undisturbed till April next, will then be found well rooted, and may be taken up and potted for bloom the following autumn. Roses lately budded to have the ties loosened. Where buds have failed, others may be in- serted either on the stems of young stocks or on suit- able shoots lower down than those previously worked. Auriculas may be increased now from offsets; if rooted, all the better; if not rooted, put them round the sides of pots, and they will soon strike. Auriculas not yet repotted must be attended to without delay, to ensure new roots before the temperature declines. --Border plants of questionable hardiness to be taken up at the end of the month and potted, or at least one or two of a kma to propagate from, and prevent entire loss.—Carnations and piootees, from layers, to be potted off as soon as well rooted, and cuttings taken at once of all good seedling Dianthua in the borders. Where the propagation of carnations has been de. layed, they may be increased by cuttings under bell. glasses, but when raised 80 late they must not be expected to bloom next season.—Hollyhocks to be propagated at once. The shoots that rise at the base of the flower-stem are to be put in as cuttings round the sides of pots. KITCHEN GARDEN AND FRAME GROUND.—The winter stock sown last month will now be coming for- ward for planting out. Where onions have been cleared off is generally the best place for cabbages for spring use, because the ground, having been well manured for the onions, is in good heart, and yet so far relieved of manure by the onions, that there will be no fear of a rank growth, such as will cause the plants to suffer from frost. Plant out as spaces become vacant, first digging deep, and leaving the surface rough. The planting, however, must be firm, and damp weather should be chosen for it. It is too late now to sow any more winter greens or onions; and if the stock is short, it will be better to get a supply of plants than waste time and patience in sowing. Thin winter spinach to six inches from plant to plant; thin the rows of lettuce that are to stand the winter, but not severely, be- cause in the event of severe frosts the plants protect each other, if somewhat close together; on the same principle, broccoli and cauliflowers left to risk it in the open ground should not be more than fif- teen inches apart each, and the ground for them should not at this season be very rich, or they may suffer in severe weather. We generally plant the spring broccoli without manure, and in the spring, as soon as they commence their new growth, give them regular waterings with house sewage, and so secure fine heads; cabbages we treat the same, so as to avoid the necessity of manure in the autumn, which renders them tender in exposed situations. Earth-up celery, as the rows require it in dry weather, but if not well grown, give plenty of liquid manure, and postpone the earthing-up till the plants have made good substance. This is the best time to form new beds of horseradish, the crowns to be planted 15 inches deep, and six inches apart, in very rich and well- trenched soil. Continue to sow saladings, and gather seeds as fast as they ripen. Potatoes to be taken up as the tops wither; carrots and beetroot may remain till the frost cuts off the foliage, and no longer, but parsnips may be left in the ground, trenched out as wanted for use, unless the ground is required, in which case store them in sand. Celery to be earthed-up only when it has grown to its full size. A fortnight is long enough to blanch it, and it grows but little after the earthing. Cucumbers are mostly beginning to fail now, or will be shortly, so those who want a succession of fruit must be on the alert. Sow or strike cuttings, the latter to be pre- ferred, and get ready to make up new beds. Old plants still in vigour must have the help of linings, and be covered with mats at night. Beware of mildew; if it once appears, remove the affected leaves, and give the plants a sprinkling of sulphur.—Gardener's Magazine.
SPORTS AND PASTIMES.
SPORTS AND PASTIMES. GROUSE SHOOTING. The west wind sighs across the heath, The dawn is looming grey; My forehead feels the early breath Of slow-awakening day. Old Blanche and Nell bound on before, And ranging across the beat; Then back again, and then once more Their upwind course repeat. And see! old Blanche has something there! Just round that rock a whiff Of grousy odour tinged the air, And stopped her stark and stiff. Toho good girl!"—Nell's wistful eye (For many a yard behind She crouched stock still in sympathy) Inquires her master's mind. A gentle word, and on we creep, Whilst, past the nestling rock, Small stealthy heads begin to peep, Scared by the clicking look. A wild proud crow !—the pack has flown- Sharp rings the double sound, The two old birds come fluttering down, And bump upon the ground. Then lightly o'er the moor we tread, And few tHe gcomse we spare; And here and there a snipe falls dea.d, And here and there a hare. A noonday pipe, a mountain spring, The morning's strength renew, The doubled bag at eve we bring- Just forty brace and two. And so to rest with thankful hearts That life, that air are sweet; In hope the joy to-day imparts To-morrow will repeat. THE salmon fisheries of Cumberland, says a Times correspondent, have been more productive this year than for a very long time. Very heavy draughts have been often taken in the poke-nets on the shores of the Solway Frith, the owners of the nets having fre- quently been obliged to take down earts for their spoil. Further proof of the beneficial working of the Salmon Fisheries Act is manifested by the fact that some very large fish have been captured. A few weeks ago a salmon 401b. weight was exhibited for sale in Car- lisle market-a very unusual size in that district—and on Saturday last a salmon was on sale 421b. weight which had been caught at Browhouses. This royal fish was sold at Is. per lb. Daring most of the summer season salmon and salmon trout have been selling at prices as low as those charged for butcher's meat. THE shooting season opened in Selkirk under the most favourable circumstances, the weather being all that could be wished, and the grouse, as anticipated, unusually numerous, and exceedingly healthy and strong. On the extensive shootings of the Duke of Buccleuoh in Ettrick and Yarrow the birds have as yet been but little disturbed, the only return yet made being from the home moor," on which the Earl of Dalkeith brought down 16 brace and a hare in a few hours on Monday. Partridges are very abundant, and give good promise of Well-filled bags. THE Marquis of Lorn and his brother Lord Archi- bald, were out on the Roseneath moor on Thursday and Friday, and killed 62t brace of grouse, 18 hares, and one snipe. The youthful Marquis left Roseneath Castle on Saturday on a visit to Erskine-house, the residence of Lord Blantyre, on the Clyde. The birds are very strong and wild. ON Saturday morning the fourth, and, as the result proved, the final competition for the Silver Challenge Cup given by Mr. John Latey, the honorary secretary of the London Swimming.Club, for amateur members only, took place in the Serpentine over the usual course-from the grating end to Kensington-bridge, about 1,000 yards. The cup was to be won three times successively, and then become the property of the victor. The first contest took place at the Wen. look Bath, Citv-road, when C. Powell won. The second essay was in the Thames, and the third in the Serpentine; in each W. Adams was victorious. On Saturday morning W. Adams, C. Powell, and G. Vize tried conclusions, G. Gardner and G. W. Pratt, who also entered, not appearing. Mr. John Latey, the giver of the cup, was starter and referee, his word off" being simultaneously obeyed. The nafcators rose together to the surface, but Adams soon went right away, was never afterwards even neared," and won a very hollow race by upwards of 50 yards. The second position was taken by Vize for the first 150 yards, when Powell left him, and at the bridge was about the same distance from Vize as from Adams. The last-named gentleman is a graceful and improving swimmer, and has, by his present feat, become abso- lute winner of the cup. Fatal Fire.-Between one and two o'clock on Sat. day morning a fire was discovered raging in a large barn on a farm belonging to Mr. Elgar, of Raigate, and near the Tan-yard at Redhill. Within the barn was stored a rick ^hay, a new waggon, and several farm implements. When the fire was discovered the flames had so great a hold on the barn and its contents that it was evident nothing there could be saved. The Redhill fire-engine was soon on the spot, and mounted messengers were despatched to Reigate and Dorking for the engines, which were soon in attendance. Not- withstanding there was an abundant supply of water, and the firemen worked energetically, it was found impossible to save the barn, or any portion of its con. tents. The efforts of the firemen were therefore directed to saving the adjoining premises, in which they were successful. By five o'clock the ruins were sufficiently cool to admit of a search being made, when some human bones, a portion of a man's hat and boots were found. There is therefore little doubt but that the fire was caused by some tramp, who took up his { abode in the barn for the night. | ] KING GEORGE IN COUNCIL. We should despair of giving to our readers any true idea of the secret alarm and confusion that prevailed in the cabinet meeting that instantly followed the re- ceipt by the Secret Department of the letter of Mis- tress Preston. We say secret, for the men who sat there were habitually accustomed to disguise all out- ward display. Bat as they gazed on each other with grave, imperturbable-looking faces, how many might there not be among those dignified statesmen who were saying to themselves, Who is there I can trust if a serious contest comes ?" or who asked of themselves, Am I trusted or held in doubt ?" The two Jacobite insurrections of 1715 and 1745 had fearfully shaken men's minds, and revealed the terrible gulf that such events opened, when friends and rela- tions previously cordially united found themselves at one blow divided for ever. The king in person presided over the council, and with a calmness that almost looked like insensibility, but was in reality anything bat that. "Where is the Earl of Bridgeminster?" was pre- sently the cry. No one could answer the question. Had he been duly summoned ? Of course he had. To make sure, the messenger who had been em- ployed in going to the different members' houses was called in and questioned. He said the earl was in- disposed. This he had learned from the servants, who, however, ha.d no doubt the earl would be able to attend. The king ordered the messenger to go with the utmost speed to the earl's house, and again summon him, with a message from himself. While he was gone, remarks began to pass between two of the persons present, in a low tone that could not be overheard, about certain Jacobite tendencies of the earl; and these were supplemented by fresh remarks as to some old notions that had prevailed of a family alliance between him and the father of the very Lord Langton who was now about to raise anew the banner of civil war, and who had been chosen-so the whisperers thought—with devilish ingenuity, as em- bodying in his own person the two great elements of success: he was the very beau ideal of an English Jacobite—aristocratic, able, energetic, and devoted; and he was, at the same time, a general in the French army, and authorised, most likely, to promise an army of Frenchmen to follow him. These possibly malicious whispers were carefully guarded from the king, in whose favour the earl stood high, on account, so it was said, of some act of whole- sale treachery to the Jacobite cause which had marked the time of the earl's first outburst of loyalty to King George, many, many years ago. "Hush!" exclaims one of the whisperers to his neighbour, the messenger returns." The messenger brought back a short and hurried note from the earl's daughter, addressed to one of the gentlemen present, which said that the earl, though ill, had been about to leave the house to attend his Majesty, when he had had what she feared was a stroke of paralysis, and was now in bed. She added that her father, in desiring his most dutiful respects te his Majesty, had no doubt be would be able to leave his bed in a few hours, when, if he were too late to join his colleagues, he shoald hasten to wait upon his Majesty at St. James's. The king was sensibly touched with this but the malcontent whisperers were smiling in each other's faces as if in recognition of some new piece of subtle diplomatising on the part of the earl. I Let us not forget to add that the note in question was signed Hermia." Was the ea.rl ill after all ? undoubtedly he was; just so ili-througb. the agitation of the news-as to be able to play to perfection the pretence of being very much worse. Mistress Preston's secret letter to the earl had duly reached first, and given him the exact opportunity he needed-first, to evade the cabinet council, where he know the particular work he wanted to be done could not be done by him under so many suspicious eyes; next, to get the king alone with himself afterwards, when he felt sure of success. And wonderfully the unconscious king played into his hands; for when the council had agreed on a sort of rough memorandum of what was to be done about Lord Langton personally, his Majesty pocketed the paper to think over during the evening; meaning, as everybody Iruaw, t0 consults with tho earl about it. We shall not describe that meeting which followed almost instantly after the breaking up of the other meeting—so wonderfully rapid had been the earl's recovery 1 We shall only transcribe the document that resulted from these double councils, and mark in italics, or between brackets, tke precise passages interpolated or seriously altered by the earl, who professed, however, to have done so at the king's sug- gestion and we are not sure tha.t the king himself did not think this was the truth, so skilfully had the earl managed his Majesty, who—as the earl very well knew-wanted exactly what he wanted—the noiseless but speedy destruction of this dangerous man. MEMORANDUM. A cireular, and to some extent (at the discretion of the Secretary State) private letter to be instantly addressed to the Lords Lieutenants and Justices of the Peace in all the maritime counties, to the admirals or other port and harbour masters, to the local superintendents of the officers and men of the Preventive Service, to the military officers in command of forts along the British shores, and, above all, to the admirals of the fleets who are now guarding our own coasts, and threatening the coasts of France. To THE EFFECT-that the strictest watch be kept day and night, and in particular at all those parts of the coast where the landing from small boats may be otherwise made easy, through the absence of population, and the convenient cha- racter of the shore. Let it be said that his Majesty's express sanction has been asked for this circular tetter, and that, while his Majesty will be prepared to acknowledge and reward those who may show wise forethought, unremitting care, and zealous loyal effort, he is equally determined to punish with signal severity those persons, of whatever rank, who may fail in their duty. [Althottglt it wouId be abstractedly desirable, in the interest of ustice, to capture uninjured this desperate and dangevous j'ebel, it ts of infinitely greater importance that no possible chance of escape should be afforded him by imprudent and untimely scruples. If lie be once clearly identified, escape must be rendered impos- sible. ] As to Humphrey Arkdale, who is supposed to be con- nected in some mysterious way with Langton, he is probably of no political importance. Still it woul dbe well to err on the safe side. He is therefore to be energetically sought for and arrested, but not endangered, even if guilty, till it is seen who and what he is, and whether he may not be made useful. Only a brief time has passed, and crowds are assembling round a great placard-not in one place only, but in a thousand places of the British Isles- and they read this:— PROCLAMATION. ONE THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD. WHEREAS a certain person now under sentence of death, commonly known as Stephen, Lord Langton, but whose rank no longer exists, and whose estates have been confis- cated by his Majesty's commands on account of hiB heinous crimes, is believed to be about to return to England in the pay and interests of the detestable enemies of the country; it is hereby made known that the above reward will be paid to the person or persons who may discover and cause to be apprehended if alive the said Stephen Langton, or produce his body if dead. His Majesty relies on all his loyal subjects to aid in the same. Done at the Palace of St. James, Sep. 27,17—. G.R. DESCRIPTION. Height, about 5 feet 9 inches. Body erect, of slender frame, but great strength and agility. Age-Looks about 35, but is younger. Hair, reddish brown, when visible under the darker wig. Face, melancholy. Complexion, naturally fair, though deepened by exposure. Eyes, soft, brown, dreamy, and at times extremely bright and penetrating. General bearing, dignified. Speech, slow and measured. Voice good, low, and melo- dious. A slight scar in the lobe of the left ear, which was cut through by a sabre, will furnish decisive means of identifi- cation, when taken in connection with all the rest. Thisi, however, is not perceptible except on close examination: Such was the welcome prepared for our unconscious hero through the kind offices of pretty Mistress Maria Clementina!—From the "Lion in the Path," a new tale commenced in Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper." — o.. Horrible Death.-George Pool, 14 years, and Joseph Burton, 18 years of age, were driving a reaping machine in a corn field, in the occupation of Mr. Cop- ley, farmer, Claypole, near Newark, the horses became suddenly affrighted, and bounded across the field most 1 furiously, thereby throwing the unfortunate youths 1 from the box on which they sat to the ground. The youths then became the victims to the reaping 1 machine, which cut and lacerated them in a most t frightful manner. They were rescued from their < dreadful position at the earliest possible moment, and t conveyed to Newark Hospital. On their admittance E it was evident Pool could not survive many hours; c and on Saturday morning at one o'clook he died. a Burton, although not seriously injured, lies at the I B hospital in a very precarious state. I C
POLICY OF COUNT BISMARCK.
POLICY OF COUNT BISMARCK. We have no hesitation in expressing our satisfaction that Count Bismarck's policy has triumphed over the resistance of the Court. The whole nation will in future take its tone from Prussia, and Prussia must, perforce, pursue a Liberal policy. The only bond which can unite the different portions of the new kingdom is the common enjoyment of the same free institutions. That Von Bismarck perceives this very clearly is evident from the bill which he has laid before the Prussian Chambers for the convocation of a North German Parliament. If it becomes law-of which there can be no doubt-every German who has com- pleted his twenty-fifth year will be an elector, unless disqualified by pauperism or by a conviction for some crime. The country will be divided into electoral districts, with a member for each 100,000 persons. Elections will be direct, and will be determined by the absolute majority of votes in each district. Nothing less democratic than this would have had the effect of completely fusing into one nationality all local attachments and prejudices-of obliterating all local divisions, and of completely subordinating the remaining sovereigns to the national will. The establishment of the German Par- liament is fraught with lessons to ourselves which we shall overlook at our peril. It will not remain unknown to, or be without influence upon, the working classes of England. We cannot, so far as the suffrage goes, lag behind every European State which enjoys anything in the shape of free institutions. When a. Prussian Junker is prepared to give his countryman universal suffrage, it will be dangerous for our aristocracy to continue haggling over a zC7 borough franchise. They may depend upon it that there is no time to be lost in welding together the old and now by a prompt concession to those who are still without the pale of the Constitution. Political opinion and action amongst us will after all continue to run mainly in English channels, unless the great body of the nation, disgusted with our own institutions, are despairing of justice from our present governing classes, and driven to look to foreign models and to seek less cautious leaders. If an unwise and narrow-minded policy should entail upon us this great misfortune, the example which Germany is now setting may be found inconveniently capable of English imitation.-London Review.
TEN YEARS' CHARACTER.
TEN YEARS' CHARACTER. Charles Spence, packer, in the service of Messrs. Smith, news agent, of the Strand, was charged at Bow- street with stealing a large quantity of newspapers.- Sergeant Thomas, of the A division detective force, Sootland-yard, said From instructions I received I watched the premises, 186, Strand, last evening. The prisoner left the premises at seven o'clock with two parcels directed as if to be sent by rail. I followed him to the Kennington-road, where I stopped him. I told him I was a police-officer, and asked him what he had got with him. He replied, They are papers, which 1 am going to take home. I take them to my business in the morning." I asked him if they were his property, but he was overcome, and made me no answer. I told him I should take him in custody for stealing them. He replied, What I have done I have done for my wife and family." I took him to the station-house in Bow- street, where I examined the parcel, and found that it contained 108 copies of 28 different publications—most! y weekly publications, but including two copies of The Times. Some of the papers are not published till Saturday, being only supplied to the agents on Friday. Thesa would sell more or less during the week. On searching his lodgings I found a large quantity of news- papers. Mr. Beeves, manager to Messrs. Smith and Son, said the prisoner was a packer in their service, at a salary of .£1 6s. per week. He identified the wrappers and lists enclosed in them as Messrs. Smith's property. The prisoner had been in their service, he believed, about ten years, and had always borne an excellent character. The value of the papers was 26a., but he added that the prosecutors did not desire to press for heavy punishment. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said he had had great difficulties to contend with. Mr. Flowers thought the prisoner ought to be thank- ful to his employers for their desire for leniency. He wa0 always glad, whon ha could, to eomply with- such desire, bat the smallest penalty he could impose was three months' imprisonment.
THE LATE SERIOUS CASE OF EMBEZZLEMENT…
THE LATE SERIOUS CASE OF EMBEZ- ZLEMENT AND FORGERY. Farther investigation of the affairs of Messrs. Everard and Sons, of King's Lynn, have disclosed defalcations to a much greater extent than was imagined. The deficiency is now said to be little short of £ 6,000, and Doeking is still at large. He han been heard of and seen at the neighbouring town of St. Ives and Ely, but has baffled all the attempts of the local police to effect his apprehension. It is believed that some of his friends have found means to supply the delinquent with funds to flee the country. A few particulars respecting Docking's career may not be uninteresting. We may premise these faots with the remark that this firm has before been swindled to a fearful extent, and there is little doubt that but for the fact of the estate falling into the hands of Major Everard Hubton the stock of wines and spirits would very soon have been all gone. For years Docking held the confidential situation of managing clerk, and though he was living evidently at the rate of X200 or .£300 a year, no surprise was occasioned amongst his friends, who supposed he was receiving a liberal salary, and not the miserably inadequate sum of X140 a year. He was always known to be of a sporting disposition, and usually attended the large races, such as the Derby and St. Leger and Newmarket meetings. It is probably owing to this connection that he has been enabled to relieve his employers of so much of their wealth. He appears to have been a firm believer and great supporter of the tipsters, who have put him on" good things to some tune. We have heard of his losing J2700 on one race, and we imagine his support will be greatly missed by some of the London bookmakers, with whom he seems principally to have transacted business. A letter left behind by Docking, and which has fallen into the hands of Major Everard Hutton, conveys the implica- tion that part of the money has been absorbed in sup. plying with cash the paramour of a certain noble lord." The case presents remarkable features of a contradictory character—respectability and roguery, bold execution of daring schemes and craven cowardice -a career of vice and gambling, terminating in dis- grace, flight, and poverty.
THE CLOSING OF THE SHEEP MARKETS.
THE CLOSING OF THE SHEEP MARKETS. The reoently-issued Order in Council prohibiting the holding of markets for the sale of sheep in certain counties has called forth a protest from the farmers of Backs. A crowded meeting of the farmers, cattle dealers, and others, in the neighbourhood of the county town, has been held in the County Hall, Aylesbury. The speakers protested against the restrictions being imposed in the county, and, on the motion of Mr. Joseph Parrot, seoonded by Mr. J. K. Fowler, it was resolved to present the following memorial to the Privy Council:—"To the Right Hon. the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council. The memorial of agriculturists and others in the neighbourhood of Aylesbury, in the county of Buckingham, in public meeting assembled, sheweth, That your memorialists are fully impressed with the great importance of taking all possible precaution for the prevention of the spread of the cattle diseases, both as regards cattle and sheep. That in the opinion of your memo- rialists the moving of cattle and sheep from all infocted districts should be strictly prohibited. That while admitting this, your memorialists are of opinion that all restrictive measures should be so carried out as to interfere as little as possible with the trade of the coun- try. That your memorialists are of opinion that the presence of the cattle plague in some of the parishes in the county of Bucks, is not a sufficient rea- eon for stopping the markets throughout the oounty, a.nd that such stoppage greatly interferes with the trade at the present time. That your memorialists think that the Order in Council of the 8th inst. is un- necessarily stringent, and respectfully subnait that the same should be re-considered and modified, so as ;o confine its operations to such districts as shall be leclared by the magistrates to be infected ana a cer- ;ain distance around them. And your petitioners will iver pray, &<s." The memorial was signed by the ihairman, Mr. H. Gurney, on behalf of the meeting, rad it was determined that a copy of suoh memorial hould be forwarded to the magistrates at the adjourned Quarter Sessions on Tuesday. r
FACTS AND FACETIAE.
FACTS AND FACETIAE. "I hope I give satisfaction," as the pistol ball said to the wounded duellist. Life is a dream of time from which death awakens us to the realities of eternity. Let no adversity destroy the wings of hope, nor prosperity the light of prudence. A stethoscope," says a young medical student, is a spy-glass for looking into people's chests with your own ears." Whenever we drink too deep of pleasure, we find a sediment at the bottom, which pollutes and embitters what we relished at first. You cruel man!" exclaimed Mrs. Jones, "my tears have no effect on you at all."—" Well, drop them, my dear," said Jones. Never think you have money at command until it is actually in your hand; and, therefore, take care haw you promise it. The gamester, if he die a martyr to his profession, is doubly ruined. He adds his soul to every other loss, and, by the act of suicide, renounces earth to for- feit heaven. How odd it is," said Pat, as he trudged along on foot one hot, sultry day, that a man never meets a cart going the same way he is." A wag says that he and his wife always go to bed quarrelling, and yet," says he, with all our differ- ences we never fall out." Burglary.-A thief was lately caught breaking into a song. He had already got through the first two bars, when a policeman came up an area and hit him with his stave. Several notes were found upon him. The heart" is the best oard in the chance game of matrimony; sometimes overcome by diamonds and knaves, often won by tricks, and occasionally treated in a shuffling manner, and out altogether. A newspaper article recently informed the public that the hands at Mr. Jones's machine shop had struck. Mr. Jones came out denying it, as they had not struck a stroke for a week. An exchange says that red noses are lighthouses to warm voyagers on the sea of life off the coast of Malaga, Jamaica, Santa Cruz, Holland, and the ile of Bourbon. There are some authors who would rather write a quarto volume in praise of a womaa. than hand fashionable lady a chair. The son of Henry G. Gunn, of Miss., ran off, two weeks age, with his father's second wife. The young son of a gun has not been heard from since. A caricature of Cham's gives us the papa on being informed that his wife has been confined of a daughter. A daughter!" he exclaims, I shall be ruined. She will require dresses like her mother!" A Washington correspondent says that when President Johnson, in a. recent speech, propounded a conundrum, Who made me your President ?" a wicked, strict constructionist in the crowd responded, "Booth!" There is a. man out West so forgetful of faces, that his wife is compelled to keep a wafer stuck on the end of her nose, that he may distinguish her from other ladias; but this does not prevent him from making occasional mistakes. A Plausible Reason.-A student, on kissing a girl down South," asked how it was that she was so sweet ? Oh," she replied, in utter innocence, my father is a sugar planter." Some of the hosts of the olden time were not nice in the treatment of their royal patrons. He was a bold Boniface of the White Horse who charged George II. a guinea for an egg, and who, on being asked by his Majesty himself if egais were scarce, drily replied, No, sir; but kings are." Well, farmer, you told ua your place was a good place for hunting; now we have tramped it for three hours, and found no game." "Just so," said the farmer; "as a general thing, the less game there is the more hunting you have." President Johnson, having been born in 1808, is just 57 years ot age. A wag asks, Why is Johnson like Ohiiaborazo ? and answers in the same breath: "Because he is the greatest of the Andies." Improved System of Education.-The follow- ing appears'in a New York paper:—"To Sohool- mastere.-To be sold, a thrashing machine in good working order; has birch, cane, and strap barrels; warranted to whip a school of fifty boys in twenty minutes, distinguishing their offenoes into literary, moral, and impertinent. Owly parted with because the owner has flogged all his school away, and his sons are too big to beat." A Travelling Printer.-Printers beat the Datoh, and every body else, but their wives. We have one in our office (says a paper called the Exchange), who preached the Gospel, ran a side show to a circus, kept a singing- school, ran away with a man's wife and two children, practised medicine, been an agent for a concert troupe, and clerk on a steamboat. He has now reformed, and settled down to a legitimate business—that of sticking type. We'll make a man of him yet. A fire-eating Irishman challenged a barrister, who gratified him by an acceptance. The duellist being very lame, requested that he might have a prop. "Suppose," said he, "I lean against this milestone ? "With pleasure," replied the lawyer, "on condition that I may lean against the next." The joke settled the quarrel. A market girl sold a gentleman a fine fat goose warranting is to be young. It turned out, when roasted, to be unmanageably tough. The next day the gentleman said to the market girl, That goose which you sold me for a young one was very old." Certainly the irl «<don>6 young ?" Yes." « Well, I am but nineteen, and I wit -ften thafc fchat goose was six weeks younger than me. Not so Stupid.-John was thought to be very stupid. He was sent to the mill one day, and the miller said, "John, some people say you are a fool! Now tell me what you know, and what you don't know." Well," replied John, "I know that millers' hogs are fat! U Yes, that's well, John. Now then what you don't know?" "I don't know whose corn fats 'em! Wooing and Winning.- Says Tom to Sal, "Shall we be one ? There's not a girl beneath the sun, Save thee, that's worth pursuing! The maid replied, Can't speak for both- But to be won I'm nothing lost, If you should do the wooing! "Since then, dear maid, thou granvot this boon, Pray let us be united soon!" Says she, "I'd be delighted! Then, with a twinkle in her eye, I've always thought that you and I Had better be you.an'.I-ted Elopement Extraordinary. Last week a neighbouring market town was the scene of an elope- ment in humble life. A plumber and glazier carried off a fair young milliner against the consent of her friends; he was, however, overtaken, and surrendered his delioate charge, the diamond of his heart, at dis- cretion, to her flintv-hearted puisuers. Young putty, it seems, was the lady's beau-ideal of wit, so exquisitely and humorously described by Moore:- At Beauty's door of glass, Where Wit and Wealth once stood, They asked her which might pass- She answered he that could. With golden key Wealth thought To pass—but t'would not do; Whilst Wit a diamond brought, Aud cut his bright way through. A Sensible Girl.-A gentleman feeling a strong partiality for a young lady whose name was Noves was desirous, without ceremony of formal courtsE to ascertain her sentiments. For this purpose he said to her one day, wzth that kind of air and mSSner whfch means either jest or earnest as you choose to take it-I "If I were to ask you if yOU /er* fKaT™thf°Ta7'°ne' wbat you" name (1^—yes) might I tase tor answer?" "The first," inclined'to form an6!, And were 1 to aak if you were offer who loved an engagement, should a person Bfilf wtof r\o + e a was not indifferent to your- self, what part of Your name might be taken as an Sf- I 7he,la9t-" And if I tell you that I with al y°u to form suoh an engagement ,?n' PMt of your name may I take ? On, then, replied the blushing girl, take the whole name, as in such a case I would cheerfully resign it tor yours." It is almost needless to add that they were soon after married.
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58 AGRICULTURE. STALL-FEEDING CATTLE IN THE SUMMER. The Marli Lane Express says:—" This practice is, on most arable farms, especially where provision is made of crops near the feeding-boxes and yards for carrying it out, a profitable method of increasing the store of manure upon the farm. Where Italian rye- grass, and lucern, and clover, liberally treated, are near the feeding-house, cattle can be fattened during the summer months more cheaply than during winter, with at least as great advantage to the fertility of the farm. The practice is very warmly advocated in the earlier editions of' Young's Farmer's Calendar,' as follows:- 'Enlightened farmers have, in many districts, adopted this system for horses, but still reject it for cattle; and it will probably take a century to render it as uni- versal as it might be, most profitably. The objections to it are not of any importance. It has been argued that the expense is an object, and that cattle will not thrive so well, nor will cows give so much milk, as if fed in the field. That the expense is something can- not be denied, but that it amounts to anything considerable is contrary to fact. As to the ques- tion of thriving, the assertion has been made, as far as it has come to my knowledge, without a trial, and is, consequently, mere theory. The beasts mentioned above were all sold fat at Smith. field, and did as well as similar beasts had done fed abroad in the most favourable seasons, and better than in any summer not remarkably favourable. I prac- tised it for several years together very carefully for fatting cattle, weighing alive periodically, both while in stalls and when at grass, and I found that in soiling they throve better than when abroad. If the world will reason upon every question of farming, they should do it without prejudice, and then their reason would, to my apprehension, agree with these facts. Everyone knows how tormenting flies are to cattle when abroad -ride into a field in summer to look at stock, and where do you find them ? Not feeding, but standing or resting under trees, in ponds, in rivers, and, if there is no better shelter, in ditches under brambles; in a word, anywhere but feeding in the open air. What they graze is in the morning and evening; and in many cases they lose in the heat of the day all they gain at those moments of their comfort. To this supe- riority we must add that of the main object, which is the dunghill. In one case this is accumulated in a de- gree even superior to that which is effected in winter; in the ether, it is scattered about the pastures, and nine-tenths of it carried away by the flies, or dried by the sun. The prodigious superiority of thus raising a large and very valuable dunghill in one case, and none at all in the other, ought to oon- viaoe any reasonable man that there is not a practice in husbandry so decidedly superior as this of soil- ing, were there not one other reason for it than what have already been produced. These farmers who have given particular attention to the state of farm- yard manure, as it is made in winter or summer, and to the efficacy of both, can scarcely have failed to remark that the superiority of the dung arises from any sort of stock in summer is very great to such as is made in winter from stock no better fed. Cattle, when soiled upon any kind of good food, as tares, clover, chicory, lucern, or grass, make so large a quantity of nrine as to demand the greatest quantity of litter; the degree of this moisture, in which their litter is kept, while the weather is hot, much assists a rapid ferment- ation. On the other hand, when I view the common spectacle of a large yard spread with a thin stratum of straw or stubble, and a parcel of lean straw-fed cows wandering about it, I see the most ingenious way of annihilating litter without making dung that the wit of man could have invented. Burning such straw upon the land before sowing turnips would be an application not inferior. Cows, thus managed, are amongst the most unprofitable stock that can be kept on a farm. With the best food and management, their dang is inferior; but thus kept on a wide expanse of thin litter, well drenched in rain and snow, running to ponds and ditches, they destroy much, but give little. There is, however, another fact of equal importance, that the food given in stalls or boxes goes so mucti farther than it will do when grazed where it grows; and when we recollect the old remark, that a beast feeds or consumes with five mouths, we shall not be surprised at this fact. A greater stock may thus be supported by the same farm in one ayatam than there can be in the other."