The Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser

AGRICULTURE, We extract the following from the JFarmer:— Early Maturity. A correspondent, writing on the 13th July, supplies the following remarkable instance of early maturity :— There were dropt on U.-q abate farm, Fife, this week, three fine calves. The respective ages of the dams are 15, 16, and 18 months old, and that of the sire 18 months. They were all isnoklsd together in a park last summer, hence the result. The dams are nursing the calves with abundance of milk." t The Movement of Sheep. The restrictions affecting the movement of sheep continue to excite much attention, and the numerous meetings of aheep farmers which are being held at present afford ample opportunities for having the sub- i'eet thoroughly discussed. "With respect to Scotland, at east, restrictions are considered not merely grievous and vexatious, and unnecessary, seeing that only one case of plague was reported in the returns as having occurred ia that part of the kingdom; and judging from the steady rate in which casei have decreased, it is not too much to expact a clean bill of health for the country north of the Tweed in the next weekly bulletin from the Government Veterinary Department. During this end the next three months there must of necessity be innumerable transactions in sheep for breeding as well as for fattening purposes, and granting that restric- tions on the movement of sheep were necessary hereto- fore, it is evident to every one that it continuance of those restrictions, now that thsy are no longer called for as a protection, will be, unless considerably relaxed, a positive evil to the community," Watering Cattle and Sheep,. Oar contemporary, the Farmer, points out the great importance of having cattle and sheep supplied with a sufficient quantity of water, and more especially ■when being carried by sieamsr and railway, ft says Although thore Lave of late been some heavy thunderstorms, there is a great scarcity of water in many pasture-fields; or do we think that sufficient care has been taken in several cases which have come recently under our notice to remedy the deficiency. We know that some maintain that sheep do not re- quire water when on grass, but this is a great mistake, especially when the weathcr is of the excessively hot, parching nature we Lave recently experienced. But even when the weather )-.as been cooler, the want of pure water in abundance tells on the health of sheep, just as it does on that of cattle and as over-wet pas- tures have their own peculiar diseases, over-dry pastures engender disease which not unfrequently we find attri- buted to other causes. A friend of ours who takes an interest in such matters, has been lately measur- ing the water consumed daily by his cattle, and as every drop must be pumped for them, the quantity used has been easily ascertained. The result of his observations is, that the 33 head he has grazing in two adjoining fields consume daily upwards of 900 gallons of water. Now, bearing this fact in mind, what can be the state of cattle or sheep carried by railway, and confined in trucks for 24, 48, or it may be 56 hoars, and even more, without getting a drop of water all the time, besides the terrible shaking which cattle experience during the journey, and the fatigue caused by their being unable to lie down? Is it possible that animals treated in this way can be healthy, or their fiish, if fat, in a wholesome state to be used as human food ? Uailway cattle traffic is a matter in which the public at large, not less than farmers and graziers, are deeply ooneerned. If it had been the case of a cab-home or a costermonger's donkey at work with a galled shoulder, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals would be down upon the owner at once, and quite right; but railway folk, we suspect, are too high game to fly at, and in this way an amount of cruelty is perpetrated—unin- tentionally, we candidly believe, in most ca.ses-of which few have any adequate idea. With respect to cattle grazing in fields where the supply of water is neither sufficient in quantity nor pure in quality, it is certain that the animals are thereby rendered much more susceptible to the influence of contagion than they would be if placed in other cireumstances. The germs of disease find in the unhealthy system of the animals-rendered EO from the want of an essential element of health—a congenial home in which they be- come rapidly and fatally developed. In the reports given of the recent eases, cf disease which have taken place at Enfield, in the county of Meath, it is unani- mously set forth, both by those who have pronounced that disease to be acute èaWe plague and by those who ascribe it to some othar cause, that the diseased animals had not access to water, and that the little they occasionally got was impure. To this both parties ascribe the disease, whether it be plague or something else, and we are quite sure they are per- fectly right. We therefore earnestly counsel all to look, without delay, to the Eupply of water in their fields. If derived from natural sources, let them see that it is abundant and pare, not stagnating in dirty holes; and if artificially provided, let them take care that the troughs are neyer empty."

HINTS UPCmr (lAEDENma We extract the following from the F,&eld :-We went to Battersea-park the other day, and were delighted with the way they water the sub-tropical garden there by means of a powerful hose, with a large rose at its end, which the workmen guide over the beds of thirsty plants, and give them a thick, dense, and heavy, though gentle shower. It is done in a few moments, and without any. tiresome nasty labour which occurs where the water has to be dragged by men. Where every pound of rater is carried at the' end of men's arms, we fear 'hat more good than harm is often done by the insufficient and superficial doses that are given. Every large garden liable to suffer from drought should have the water laid on in this way; then watering would be a pleasure instead of a laborious and dirty operation, as it is now in too many places. We know cf many gardens where the cost of men's labaur in wate.ing, and for watering-pots, &c., is greater in the end than laying on the water would be. Much of the Eucce&ti of the sab-tropical of Battersea is owing to the thorough and efficient waterings given to the plants there. It is quite a pleasure to see how laxanjusly they apply it on hot evenings just now. At this season watering concerns all gardeners, from those whose subsoil is formed by the window-sill to those that contain acres of glass. It will soon be time to think of propagating the rarer bedding plants, new kinds, &2. A lictio prickly spinach may be sown for use late wke season, and there is no more suitable period for smoking the philosophic weed under the shade cf a (lensa weeping eltn or oihev tree cf pendulous habit, especially in the late after- noon, when the tree shadows are thrown long and far upon the grass, and the grass itself seems of golden green. Trap earwigs, murder snails, exterminate molea-gentlemen that sometimes do a lot of damago in a garden-and annihilate green fly. Continue to train in the wood of fruit trees, and remove super- fluous wood. There may ba a good deal of pegging i down in some cases, and in such, if pegs run short, bits of mat are quite R3 good as anything that can be had, and very much cheaper. Cat it into strips from a foot to eight inches ) jng or thereabouts, and then, by passing a bit over a ehoot and meeting the two ends, and giving them a good firm deep prick into the the earth with a wooden dibber or even a very strong finger, they will hold m well and firm as any, while they are free from objections that some iron and other pega ate liable to. Shallots should now bo taken up, the ground got ready for winter spinach. Strike roses to make plants on their own roots. Make a list cf Ladling likely to be most wanted for next year, and etudy the planting of the moat tastefully. planted gardens you have access to. Sow seeds of the herbaceous calceolaria for next spring bloom and in gentle heat. To GROW FINE PAKS^HY.—BOW it towards the end I of August. Let the Roil b3 comparatively poor but well drained; but if circumstances prevent such selection, choose the ground which comes nearest to it. It may be sown either in lines where it is to remain, or in seedbeds; but in any case it must be trans- planted, for parsley does much better, and lasts longer in that way than by the usual mode, Spring-sown parsley runs to seed mush Iwonerthan that sown in autumn. It will b3 fit to transplant in March, and ehoulci then be put in whatever positions you wish it to remain. The plants eo transplanted will be found excellent to pop into pots and boxes for the winter, as is the rale in gardens where a winter supply of parsley is indispensable in all weathers, or for any other pur- poses for whioh parsley ÍJ meà. Edgings of parsley near a dry walk or all.-sy desirable for the conve- nience of picking when the ground is sloppy in winter." STRIKING ROSES PSOSI CUTTINGS AND EYES.— Rosea on their own roots are very much-better and i more beautiful, either as regards health, profuseness I of good bloom or habit, than when budded on the ends of briers; but the preparation of good plants in this way is too tedious a process for nurserymen and others who wish to get up a stock quickly, and good examples of rose growing on their own roots are very much scarcer than they ought to be. Roses budded on Manettis or briers grow very much faster at first, and this and other reasons account for the fact that roses on their own roots are not to be had so readily in nurseries as standards and worked roses of all kinds. It takes a couple of years to make a nice plant of a rose from a cutting; but in the case of a bud which starts into growth in about the same time that it takes a cutting to form the callus to its base, and which is already provided with roots, much less than half the time suffices. As a rule, roses are very much better on their own roots than in any other way, but especially in loamy soils; and that dwarf well-furnished bushes, green and,fresh to the ground, are more beautiful than the gauky examples of worked roses to be seen in the majority of gardens need scarcely be said here. Anyone who grows a lot of good kinds of roaes on their own roots, and compares them with the same varieties on standards, will ever afterwards pay full attention to securing a good stock of the former. The simplest way of propagating them is from eyes, much in the way that a vine is increased. The leaf and the bud should be removed from the shoot juat as if pre- paring for budding, but the wood behind the eye which is removed in budding, must not be disturbed, and the leaf must be left intact, or we cannot strike the eyes out without it. They should then be dibbled rather thickly into pots of very sandy soil, with an inch of silver sand on the top, and covered with a bell glass. Any kind of bell glass would do, provided it fits properly, and the pots are best about six or eight inches in diameter. Pans will do if bell glasses that fit them are at hand. They must be placed on a mild or half-spent hotbed. The buds or eyes should be pretty large and full, and what is known as pushing, to distinguish them from the dormant and nearly invisible bud. The best will ba found on strong free-growing shoots. The soft and the very hard wood should be avoided. Cuttings of three joints or so may be inserted with advantage at the same time and under the same con- ditions. They should be rather deeply inserted, say more than half their length. They may also be struck from one joint-that is to say, by simply inserting the base of the leaf in the sand with about an inch of the stem attached to it. Whether from cuttings or eyes, they should be put in with a little dibber firmly and with the leaves erect. If when thickly inserted the leaves fall off from being too fat and large, the top ones may be out off with a scissors, and enough will remain to ensure the striking of eyes or cuttings. When this is all done the main point is to keep the leaves alive and fresh till roots are formed. This must be done by gentle sprinklings, and by judicious airing to prevent mouldiness. No heavy waterings must be given. They should be shaded during the day, and ventilated at night or in the evenings. If well-selected cuttings-from wood neither too old nor too young— are put into a cold frame at this time of the year, either in pots or stuck over the bed, and the light air kept quite close and shaded during the day and ventilated at night, or occasionally taken off altogether on a mild night, success is certain.

SPORTS AND PASTIMES. --+- IRISH SEA FISHERIES.—The commissioners for administering the laws relating to the deap sea and coast fisheries in Ireland, report upon the whole in the year 1865 the continuance of a manifest and decided improvement in the condition and progress of these fisheries as compared with their state a few years back; an improvement, however, scarcely, if at all, apparent this year on the western and northern coasts, partly owing to the loss by emigration of the more able men, the poor condition and equipment of the boats, and the want of an immediate and remunerative market, but partly also, it seems, to real scarcity of fish. But the return of the herrings to the east coast and the success of mackerel fishing in the deep sea, have given confidence to the Irish fishermen; and the haddock and whiting, which for a very long time had scarcely been seen on the coast, reappeared last year. The oyster fishery is not in a prosperous condition- not owing to any decline consequent on natural causes, but to the increased demand and price stimulating dredging to an extent which the beds are unable to bear. The commissioners have extended the close season on the south-east coast, and encouraged the formation of private layings, with a view to create sources whence the public beds may be re-stocked. They feel obliged to dissent from the recommendation of the Royal Commission in reference to the abolition of a close season for the oyster fishery, and the re- moval of the restrictions on trawling on the banks along the coast, believing that the fish ought to be left undisturbed during the spawning season. CAN feathered game swim ? This question being asked by a correspondent of the Field, led to several answers, amongst which are the following:— I was witness to an incident similar to that men- tioned by Muzzle-loader.' I was shooting in the Isle of Skye a few years ago, and shot at a grouse, which fell near the margin of a hill loch slightly wounded. On the pointer going through the long heather to geek dead,' the grouse took to the water and swam out towards the other side. On its nearing the land again, after about a hundredyards' swim, I went round with the keeper to secure it, and was surprised to see it re- luctant to leave the water and making the best of its way out again. The pointer had watched the bird all this time, and on seeing it going out again plunged into the loch, and after a short swim retrieved it. The dog had never before taken to the water, and after showing such sagacity it was impossible to find fault with him." "Your correspondent 'Muzzle-loader' asks for an instance of a pheasant swimming. At the end of last season, while beating a small cover abut- ting on a large pond of perhaps 150 yards by 40, two cook pheasants were dropped into the water, and, although much wounded, continued to swim so strong and lustily across, that one of them reached the oppo- site bank, landed, and got some distance into a field before it was caught by the retriever sent in pursuit. The other was overtaken when just quitting the water; but both birds swam with great apparent ease to themselves. I admit that this is not a parallel case to that mentioned by Muzzle-loader,' inasmuch as the swimming was in his case voluntary,' and in mine enforced' by necessity; but they both prove equally the power of the pheasant to swim; therefore I send it to you in compliance with his request. I may add that I never before witnessed a similar instance." IN consequence of the unhealthy state and the scarcity of grouse this season, and the unfavourable prospects of sport on the Scotch moors, Lord Stam- ford has decided that his grouse shootings shall not be disturbed this year, and he has consigned his kennel of pointers and deer-stalking dogs to Messrs. Tattersall for sale under the hammer. HORSE-RACING in India is becoming a popular pas- time, and as an evidence of its success, there is about to be a horse-breeding establishment on a large scale formed in the Panjaub. AT the meeting of the Braemar Highland Society last week, the secretary laid on the table letters from his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Colonel Farquharson of Inveroauld, suggesting that the annual competition and athletic games of the Braemar Highland Society be held this season on Thursday, the 6th of September. IT is expected that the total number of volunteers who will be present at the great review at York on the 11th of August will be 20,000. The Duke of Cam- bridge is to be the reviewing officer, and the Prince and Princess of Wales are to be present. His Royal Highness, on the Monday following, ia, it is reported, to proceed to the Yorkshire moors for grouse shoot- insr. ON Monday a number of the tenants and servants on the Balmoral estate assembled on the top of Craig Gowan, at the desire of the Queen, to erect a cairn in commemoration of the marriage of Princess Helena. A pleasant and merry day was spent, and the health of the lately married couple was drunk amid hearty highland cheering. Craig Cowan, beautifully fringed with birch almost to its summit, stands immediately to the south front of the castle. THE MOORS OF ABERDEENSHIRE^ AND BANFF- SHIRE.-Now that the shooting season is near at hand, the usual interest is excited as to the prospects of the sportsman. It was anticipated that the rather severe winter would prove unfavourable, by disease and other- wise, to the birds of last season, but in general this has not been the case; and now, from most of the moors in the two counties, we are assured the pros- pects of the 12th of August were never more cheering'. On the highest shooting ground in Aberdeenshire—the | Strathdon hills-we understand there is an exception to the otherwise favourable reports from tha lower-lying. moors. There, we are informed, grouse were numerous and healthy all last season, and continued so up to the spring of the present year. Disease, however, is now very prevalent, and it is always far more fatal on the higher hills than on the moors at lower elevations. It would appear that where the heath had been most severely damaged by the very severe frosts of the past winter the grouse on such places are most affected by disease. In consequence of this it is to be feared that the sport on this and neigh- bouring moors will this season be very much curtailed. It is, however, satisfactory to be able to state that roe and red deer are very plentiful and in excellent condition. On the Braemar and Deeside moors disease has not made its appearance, and the accounts given of the fine healthy appearance of the birds are very encouraging. The fine weather during the hatching season doubtless contributed not a little to the pleasing prospect of the moors in this district. From the Abergeldie, Crathie, a-ad Balmoral moors the reports are equally favourable. The young broods at this date were scarcely ever seen stronger or more numerous and healthy. Ptarmigan, blackcock, and other birds are also plentiful on the several moors before named, and no disease has as yet been observed. On the lower-lying moors in Aberdeenshire, particu- larly in the Strathbogie district, game birds are more than usually abundant, and no signs of disease. On the Huntley Lodge moors, tenanted by Major Boyd, includ- ing the Wishach, Melsach, and Corskie hills, the birds are already on the wing, and in coveys from 10 to 12 strong. The other game, including rabbits, on these moors, is very abundant, in consequence of no great number being killed last season. On the Clashnadar- roch grounds it is stated that disease has manifested itself partially, but to no great extent. If the weather continue favourable, the sport on these will not be in- ferior to that of former years. Of the Cabrach and higher-lying moors of Banffshire, a correspondent writes:—The prospeots of the sportsmen this year are very promising. Upon the moors of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Fife, Lesmurdie, and Beldorney, game of all kinds is very abundant indeed, the grouse are at this date strong and quite healthy. There is not the slightest symptoms of disease to be observed either among birds young or old. There are, however, to be seen on Cabrach and Glass moors small packs of small grouse flocking together, the cause of which may be owing to the ravages of foxes, which this year have been more than usually destructive. Despite this, however, we anticipate that the ooming season will be exceedingly good for the sportsman, and very largo bags may be looked for on the 12th of August.

THE CHOLERA. The following instructions have been issued to the clerks of the Boards of Guardians of the metropolis:— Poor-la w Board, Whitehall, July 27, 1866. Sir,—In consequence of the outbreak of cholera, the Poor-law Board have already transmitted to you, for the information of the Board of Guardians, a copy of the regulations recently issued by the Lords of the Privy Council under the Diseases Prevention Act, 1855, and the Amending Act, 23 and 24 Vic., c. 77. "By the provisions of the 23 and 24 Vie., c. 77, sec. 11, the vestries and district boards under the 18 and 19 Vie., c. 120, are the authorities for carrying into execution those regulations. But these statutes do not remove from the Board of Guardians the responsibility which the law has imposed upon them in regard to the relief of the destitute poor. The epidemic will necessarily create much additional suffering, and may probably cause a great increase of destitution among the poorer classes in the metropolis. "The Poor-law Board are satisfied that the guardians will not relax their exertions because vestries and dis- trict boards are made responsible for the performance of the duties created by these regulations; and that the guardia,ns and their officers will co-operate when- ever practicable with those authorities. The guardians are fully justified in calling to their aid such medical and other assistance as in their judg. ment the emergency may require. They can also pro- vide those purifying and disinfecting agents which their medical officers recommend as requisite in the dwellings of the sick poor, and such additional sus- tenance or clothing as the peculiar circumstances may render necessary. In all these respects the powers and obligations of the guardians remain in full force. It is inexpedient that the accommodation to be provided for cholera patients should be in the work. house or on the workhouse premises. As far as prac- ticable, therefore, the admission of cholera patients into the workhouse should be prevented. The guardians should procure for themselves and their officers the fullest and earliest information as to the arrangements made by the vestry or district board, so that due notice may be given to every person who may require aid from the guardians of the arrange- ments applicable to the case, and how and where the requisite attention can be obtained. The Poor-law Board will pay immediate attention to any communications which the guardians may address to them, and afford them any assistance in the discharge of the duties and responsibilities im- posed upon them.—I am, sir, your obedient servant, GATHORNS HARDY, President. To the Clerk of the Board of Guardians."

TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF NAPHTHA. Three Deaths and several Injured. Shortly after noon on Wednesday Mr. Alfred Langshaw, druggist, Bolton, received a' barrel of naphtha, containing about 26 gallons, from a lurry. The barrel was put in a narrow passage adjoining the shop, and a tap was placed in it running the naphtha in a tin vessel, and then pouring it into a large storing cask, in a small and confined yard. The capacity of the cask was about 100 gallons. Whilst engaged in this work he was called into the shop, and had un- fortunately left the naphtha running into the can. Immediately opposite where the barrel stood in the entry there is a cottage which was then occupied by three persons. One of them, a young woman named Nancy Tempest, seeing that the can was full of the dangerous liquid, and running over on the ground, ran for Mr. Langshaw. Both instantly returned, but the naphtha on the ground had then ignited, and the flame was hastening to the barrel swiftly. He seized the barrel, struggled for a few moments, but was unable to get it away. The fire reached it, and ia a moment the barrel was blown over a cotton waste warehouse occupied by Mr. Lowe, and fell in a passage. The passage being only about a yard and a half wide, the the flames set the cottage on fire. A bed in one corner on the ground floor was speedily consumed, and all the furniture, flooring, and stairway were in a blaze instantaneously. The borough fire brigade and engines were speedily at the scene of the sad occurrence, and with an immense power of water drowned the fire, but- the flaming liquid could not be extinguished, and ran down the paspage a sheet of flame into the main sewer. As aoon, however, as the fire had been subdued, the efforts at the firemen and others were next directed to the dead or injured. The body of Mr. Langshaw was found lying in the doorway of the cottage opposite the spot where the barrel had stood. Every article of clothing was burned off his body, and his watch lay at his side, being stopped exactly at 20 minutes to three o'clock. Everything inside the dwelling was burned. In the corner near the remains of the bed, knelt the body of the occupier of the house. His wife having apparently fled upstairs for safety was found there. Both were dead. Several men who ran down the passage to render what assistance they could were caught by the burning liquid, and rushed back into Deansgate, their clothes being on fire, two of them being on fire from head to foot. The flames were smothered by persons near, and the injured taken to the infirmary. The names of the dead are—Alfred Langshaw, druggist; John Spencer, 55 years of age, partially a cripple; Ann Spencer, ;his wife, 52 years of age, who was engaged washing at the time of the occurrence. Of the men who offered to render assistance William Cross, a painter, of Black. horse-street, is the most seriously injured; next to him Michael Canavan. Both were badly burned about the middle of the body. Another man, known as Tom Seth, had the lower portion of his legs burned. Nancy Tempest (who ran for Mr. Langshaw), niece to the occupier of the house, had her arm burned. Nothing is yet known as to how fire got to the naphtha, but it is supposed that the vapour arising from the naphtha -POnetrated the dwelling, and ignited on coming near the fire-grate, and that the flame got to the spilled liquid and spread to the barrel. The yard door was on fire at one time; had the fire got to the other side of the door there was the 100 gallon cask, and the results would have been more diamstrous.-Mano,testcr Courier. — — ■

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THE HYDE-PARK RlOTS. Mr. C. St. Clare Bedford, the coroner for West. minster, held an inquest on Friday, at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Charles Smith, aged 17, who was killed on Tuesday night about half-past nine o'clock, near the corner of Park-lane, in Piccadilly. The jury having viewed the body, the following evi- dence was taken:— James William Smith, the father, said the deceased was a page-boy, 16 years old last May. James Ward deposed that on Tuesday evening he saw the deceased behind a brougham, which was going about five miles an hour. The boy was riding at the back of the brougham, and witness looked round for a moment, and then on turning again saw him between the wheel and the spring, one arm being in the spoke of the wheel and his head fixed in the spring. He was dead before taken out, which was only done with great difficulty. Some person called to the driver of the brougham, who stopped immediately. There was not much crowd about then. The driver of the brougham who was sober, did nothing but stood by the wheel as the deceased was taken out. There were a great many carriages about. Isaac Halstead, living in Halton-street, Battersea- park, confirmed last witness as to seeing deceased killed as described. Several police came up, who pushed him (witness) away. He saw deceased taken out. The driver said he did not know anything about it, but thought the vehicle went very funny. Patrick Winter, 321 A, said that he was called to the spot, and found deceased there, as described. The driver of the brougham was quite sober, and expressed his regret at the occurrence. George Turner, a coachman, living at 335, King's- road, said he was the driver of the brougham. He know nothing of the accident, but was told by several persons that the boy had been sitting on the spring, and he (witness) supposed he had overbalanced him. self and fell between the wheel and the spring. Mr. William Leigh, house-surgeon at St. George's Hospital, deposed that death ensued from fracture to the skull and other injuries. The driver, being recalled, said that there were a great many vehicles passing. The coroner said that he considered the driver had perfectly exonerated himself. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death."

EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A CHILD AT NUN HE AD. On Monday Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held an inquiry in the board-room of the Camber well workhouse, respecting the death of the new-born ille- gitimate child of a young woman named Mary Brown- ing. It appeared that the girl Mary Browning was seen at two o'clock on Monday, the 9th instant, sitting under a hedge in a field at Nunhead-areen. She re- mained there all day until eight o'clock in the evening, when a police-constable named Barrett, 138 P, went up to her, and found her to be very ill. A woman who came up at the time pulled aside her shawl, and in her arms was discovered the body of a child quite dead. The police-officer at once sent for Dr. Stokoe, of Peckham-rye, who promptly attended. To him the young woman stated that she had given birth to the child at eleven o'clock that morning in a railway arch in Albert-street, Peckham. She attributed its death to want of proper attention at the time of its birth. Dr. Richard Stokoe deposed that the body of the deceased was that of a well-developed, full-timed female child, newly born. There was a mark around the neck and a discolouration in front as though strangulation had been oaused by the compression of a oord. Lydia Hewitt, No. 5, Old Gower-street, Nunhead, a young girl, said that she went into the fields to get a little fresh air, when she saw a young woman, Mary Browning, sitting under a. hedge. Witness walked on and upon turning suddenly round she saw the naked body of a child seated in the young woman's lap. She had it partly concealed by her oloak. Witness said nothing, but ran home and told her mother, who at once left the house and went into thA fialds. Mrs. Sarah Petlow, No. 8, Stafford-street, Peckham, said that the young woman Browning had been stop- ping at her house for the last four months. Witness had known her for several years, and she had allowed her to remain at her house until she was able to pro- cure a situation. On Monday week she said that if she could not get a situation she would write to her mother for money, and go home. She then left the house, and witness did not see her again. Witness had fre- quently charged her with being enceinte, but sne always stoutly denied the fact. The accused, Mary Browning, was present during the inquiry, and while the witnesses were under exami- nation she appeared to be in a state or £ *ea' After Dr. Stokoe's evidence, she said she should like to state the circumstances to the court. d t Coroner: Be very careful. You need not make any statement. If you do make one you mast be sworn. Your statement will be usea tu evidence a°Th0S accuae d: I wish to tell the truth,, Coroner: Swear the "once-constable, stand near her, and hear all that 13 said. The accused was then sworn, and she deposed: I came up from the country tour months ago. I said I was going to get a situation, bat I did not intend to get one, knowing the way wag ID, J denied to Mrs. Petlow that I was enceinte. 1 then intended to return to the country. My sister was coming np to London, and I intended to tell her. On Monday week I felt ill, and went out for a walk. When I came to the rail- way arch I 8°^ and before the child was born I lost my senses. VYhen i came round I found the child born and dead. 1 was an hour sitting under the arch, I then got up and held the child in m,v arms, and went to look for a policemen. I then sa.w the young girl's mother, and i told her, and she went for a policeman. I did not like at first to tell what was the matter, but afterwards I told several persons. When I was becoming insensible I heard the child (the witness then signed her statement in the presence of the police-constable). The Coroner said that the case was one of a very painful character, but if the accused's statement waa- correct, it was very unfortunate that she did not in- form soma of the people at the houses near the rail- way arch of the state she was in when she discovered the child to be dead. The jury, after an hour's deliberation in private, re- turned a verdict That the deceased child was acci- dentally killed." The Coroner said that the verdict had been returned in consequence of the statement made by tha accused.

FACTS AND FACETXiE. 0 Why is the letter A amphibious ?—Because it is found both in land and water. Why is a man who squints like a needle that can not be threaded ?—Because his eye fs defective. Why are bankrupts more to be pitied than idiots 2- Because bankrupts are broken, while idiots are only cracked. Can a man keep his feet dry when he has a creak in his boots P Why is a French franc of no value compared with an American dollar ?—Because it is wortli-less. A confirmed toper was bothered how to honour his birthday. A brilliant idea Btruck him. He kept sober. A drunkard, upon hearing that the earth was round, said that accounted for his rolling about so muoh. An old lady being asked to subscribe for a news- paper, declined, on the ground that when she wanted news nhe manufactured it. A man recently wrote to a shoemal-,er: C,u(I me a pair of esq. Toad Shooze." A quaker, in business in Philadelphia, disliking the "Esq." to his name, advised a correspondent to direct his letters to him without any tail, and received a supply superscribed, "Amos Smith, without any tbil, Philadelphia!" A man advertises for competent persona to under- take the sale of a new medicine, and adds," thllot it will be profitable to the undertaker." We have no doubt that it will. { Good Advice.—An exoited father called in grea.t haste on Dr. Abernethy, and exolaimed, in an excited manner, "Doctor! doctor! my boy has swallowed a mouse! Then go home," quietly replied the doctor, and tell him to swallow a cat! An advertiser in one of the papers says ho has a cottage to let, containing eight rooms and an acre of land. An Irishman once ordered a painter to draw hia picture, and to represent him standing behind a tree. If I want a statue of myself, why should I be foolish to present a sculptor with the marble for the work ? Because if I did, he would be sure to chisel me out of it! The following definition of the rights of woman is given in a. Vermont paper: To love her lord with all her heart, and her baby as herself—and to make good bread." Jack, did you carry that umbrella horrn I bor- rowed yesterday F" "No, father, you have often told me to lay up something for a rainy day; and as I thought it would rain before long, I have laid tb.o umbrella up." "Did you take the note, and did you see Mr. Thompson, Jack? "Ees, sir." And how was he ? Why, he looked pretty well, but he's very blind." Blind! what do you mean P Why, while I war ( in the room he axed me where my hat wur, and I'm blessed if it wur not on my head all the while." A Prompt Reply.—A little boy some eix year" ( old, was using his slate and pencil on the Sabbath, when his father, who was a clergyman, entered and said, "My son, I prefer that you should not ose yonr j slate on the Lord's-day." "I'm making meeting- houses, father," was the prompt reply. The wicked editor of the Springfield Republican says this Garters with diamond buckles are worn with the new hoops in Paris, It is impossible not to sea that they are not introduced here yet." A German writer says a young girl is a fishing" rod, the eyes are the hook, the smile the baifc, to" lover the gudgeon, and the marriage the batter ill which he is fried. We wonder what English girls will say of this German idea. A Head Centre.-Herod's wife is said to have been like a Fenian organisation, because she had a j head sent her (head centre). A would-be prophet down South lately said, j one of his sermons, that he was sent to redeem th" world and all things." Whereupon one of his audience pulled out a Confederate shinplaster, and asked him to fork over the specie for it. Judy Bralegan, having been requested to open some oysters, after knocking them about for some time, exclaimed "Upon my conscience, but they are mighty hard to peel! A poor man once came to a miser and said, 1 have a favour to ask." So have I," said the miser, "grant mina first." "Agreed." "My request is, said the miaer, "that you ask me for nothing." Piano, Con Espressione.-(" Alderman Sidney said it was out-Heroding Herod.Times' report of the Court of Aldermen,) That ain't ow it's spelt now-the usual mess j You makes of our Haldermen, gents of the press !— Which I chanced to drop in, and, I give you my word, Hout-Erarding Erard distinctly I eard. Billiiigsgafe. I No^Pity for Constant Complainers—Oh dear! Bighed a young field-mouse to the squirrel; j I am so sorry, so sad!" What's the matter ? asked the squirrel, stopping short in a run. "TbfLt poor wood-pigeon—it goes to my heart to hear her; jusy listen to her plaintive accents; how mournful, how footing Ha! ah! ah laughed the squirrel, wer. rily, don't fret yourself; when you've lived in the woods as long as I have you'll know better. I used to pity her myself once (and it's not in my way to make troubles either), but I have found out that complaining is just a trick of hers, and that whether she's happY or miserable, she has but one note; so I never concern myself about her." Clever Rats.-An amusing dodge of some rats at one of the minor theatres is related. The man who j had charge of the lamps, fineing that his oil had diminished very rapidly, watched for the supposed J thief. After waiting in silence for about an hour, about a dozen rats successively made their appear- ance. Some six or eight mounted on each other3 backs, so as to enable one to reach the top of the oil- can. The orifice was very small, but the uppermost rat introduced his tail into the oil, and descending, allowed his accomplices^ to lick the oil whioh tha tail j had imbibed. The tale is literally a strange one, but the truth of it is affirmed by the Epoque. A :Refrigerator.- An American paper says coolest specimen ef impudence of modern times IS a recent speech of the bottled hero of Big Bethel (Batler), who declares that he waa impoverished by the late rebellion! This declaration can be guaran- teed as a capital substitute for ice. Let all who read r it cut it carefully out of their newspaper and use it as a refrigerant where ice is not to be had. We have pasted the speech up in our office, which has a Southern exposure, and we expect to wear winter clothes and keep up a fire during the summer months, if it remain where it now ia. Cunning Son.—" Jacob," said a father, yester- day I forbade you associating with the neighbour's children any more, and to-day you have disobeyed fas; The next time I catch yeu there I shall punish you. The next day Jacob was there again, totally oblivious to the interdiction, till he saw his father enter the neighbour a yard with a rod in hIS nand. jaooomau" for the fence, over which he leaped, pursued by his father, and ran home there he was caught. Now, my son," said the irritated father, what did I tell you I would do, yesterday? You told me, father, that if you caught me there again you would punish me." Well." Hold on, father," said the little reprobate, who knew that if he could make his father laugh the matter would be all right; "you didn't catch me there, you catched me here! The desired effect was produced, and the rod was dropped. Wife's Commandments.-I. Thou shalt have no other wife bat me. 2. Thou shalt not take into thy < J house any beautiful brazen image of a servant girl to bow down to her and serve her; for I am a jealous wife, visiting, &o. 3. Thou shalt not take the name- of thy wife in vain. 4. Remember thy wife to keap her respectably. 5. Honour thy wife's father and mother. 5. Thou shalt not fret. 7. Thou shalt aot find fault with thy dinner. 8, Thou shalt not chew tobacco. 9. Thou shalt not ba behind thy neighbour. 10. Thou shalt not visit the rum tavern; thou shalt not covet the tavern-keeper's rum, nor his brandy, not his wine, nor anything that is behind the bar of the rum-seller. 11. Thou shalt not visit the billiard-hall. And the 12th commandment is, Thou shalt not stay out later than nine o'clock at niBht.

10 A meeting of the committee was held on Thursday at Mr.^Hoflins's Studio, to inspect the model, to consider the site for tlia statue, and to. appoint a t-reasut or iu. place of Mr. James Lloyd. It is expected that the atatua will. bo completed in aboafe. a year.