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FROM CITY CORRESPONDENTS.

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FROM CITY CORRESPONDENTS. Tjif. Chamber of Shipping have dHeiniincl n»fc to persovore with l!iu Meiclmnl Scnmon's (Widows ana Orphans' l'en-i'?>s Fitnii) Bill. K ^vill bo retnemhtiio-1 Ui;»L Iho bill was blocked l>y Mr. Broa,lliui-t ill Llie lf(,iise of Coiiiiiloiie, :,i:,l tl,id circulyi-,I;ttice induced Mr. Tlmum* Scnitlon, plO- aidonfc of the C'liaml.xM- of Shippitt<.r, to coiimnmic.ilo with the vurious Ti iulos Council* in tho Clllllllrv of to their wishes on tho subject. The diiffc < f the replies show llmt the merino in not npj-roved by the working men's organisations alii this being in, the promolcn of 1110 schemo have decided to abandon ib. MrsiiRooMsrrere prodigiously plentiful JR-I; y,ir, but (he crop titic year is a connilele failure. Tlio meadows have not afforded a welcome to the cryptogenic S|x>rc«, and there is consequently a dearth of this luxury of the table, (.iardeners who understand thv artificial cultivation of mushrooms are probably elated, because although they sow not any aoeJ, nor ye! have any guarantee fchab spores are quiesccnt in what in common parlance if called "mushroom spawn," the conditions of temjMJiat ure and the generous nature of a special organic are such as to encourage any germs of thia toothsome vegetable parasite to settle down and become lusty. The mushroom could be made much more of by the gardener. With a suitable building and attention to the soil, he may liave a crop conftantly coming forth, and every pound he gathera has a good price. A gardener who con- verted an cl.1 tool-house into a mushroom bed and raised fifty pounds' worth the first year, understood hit calling. So many foik now pass their fifth-score year in the enjoyment of nil their faculties that we have come almost to wonder why a former generation should hare regarded a centenarian aa a remark- able phenomenon. The old lady who has itiob died at Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, is, however, interesting also from the number of her descend- ants. Born on St. Valentine's Day, 1787, Mrs. Mary Pedley saw a hundred and two summers some and go, while when she passed away she lefb a hundred children and grand-children alive to keep hot memory green. Born the year before the memorable impeachment of Warren Hastings, she has lived down to the oponing of the Bamell Commission. She bridges the gap thab lies be. tween the age which tho oratory of Sheridan de. lighted and the present one. In her young womanhood she might have dandled the baby that) became a Beaconsfieh! The vitality of the race is evidently not retrograding. In the future can. tenarians will probably be more pieutiful even than they are now. THE fail of George Palmer, as it was told ab the Middlesex Sessions, is a sad and surprising in- stance of moral weakness au I yielding to tempta. tion. At the Criterion quantities of meat had been miseed for PoIlio time past from tho larder. In order to catch the thief a detcotive-scrgeanl and a police'COlll:it.al.lo secreted themselves on the nighb of tho fifteenth of this month in ho ictoria Room, from "ltklt 111fy êoul.1 keop watch 011 tlte meab receptacle. Wo may imagine their astonishment to so« a (irenvm engaged at. thirty-five shillings a week walk towards the larder, I Ilet) its door with a master key, and take two piocest of mutton from off Lho slab. There is somH.hmg piteous in the thief's despairing cry m hen tlio policemen turned their built' eye-i on him and ma le their presence known. "What a fool I have been, after being here fifteen years, and catching thieves myself." This man had actually be<;n presented with a gold watch for distinguishing himself in tho capture of a burglar, and yet he Hung away reputation and his pOllt. thus. A sentence of six months hard labour closes a lamentable story of human frulity and want oi principle. AT length some ornamental relief has been do. creed to gentlemen who go out to dine, For more than a generation man's attire for an evening party has been solemnly funereal comfortable, but dismal, and precisely the same as ■% waiter's working suit. Our grandfathers had a gayer taste. They were as fastidious in the gorgeous- ness and costliness of their wearing apparel a3 ladies, and wore itcen and embroidered silks quite ae lavishly. In these degenerate days man s attire for parties has censed to have any remnant of originality, and, perhaps, it is all the mote com- fortable and healthy on that account. It is a por- tentous thing to introduce innovations. Tiois season, it seems, embroidered trousers are to be the fashion among those who give it heeft. A long strip down the outer seam is to be worked in black embroidery silks on black piece silk. This will afford some i-c.isf of pattern, at least, on the black broad cloth but if the fashion be seriously followed, there is no reason why the embroidery should con- tinoe black. Colour may becomo fashionable. A rich yellow against a dark ground is very pretty. Waistcoats may again become work", of art, and Birmingham, without) sumptuary enforcements, may again flourish on brass buttons highly orna- mental. This change to brilliant outwatdliness lias possibly an elevating tendency, and as it will not cost more than the raven-like sombreness heretofore prevailing, society need nob frown opou the revolution too severely. IF the recommendations of the Select. Committee appointed to inquire into tho adequacy of the powers of Poor Law Guardians to cope with die- tress are adhered to, paupers belonging to the Vagrant an l casual class will not be deprived of the separate workhouse accommodation existing for their relief. The Committee think that the poor people thus classified cotilil not be dealt with otherwise than separately, They suggest that the power of detention should be extended where the pauper has been re-admitted within a period of 14 days. But they are of opinion thatca-tua) paupers should be allowed to discharge themselves at an earlier hour than nine in the morning, which is too tte in the day to obtain employment. Ib is admitted that outside the vagrant class it would be exceedingly difficult to lay down rules giving a general power to compulsoiily detain paupers ir workhouses. On the subjoct of boarding out pauper childrell the Committee report most favour- ably. The regulations now in force are com- mended ai judicious, and attention is pointedly called to the evidence of mos> of tho w.tnesse, .n favour of the system of board mg-on at a dulrnce especially in the case of guIs, should in foLl and clothing of these childien si»oul<J, the opinion of the Committee, not be ni a y y above that of tho children of respectable Lbjuieis in the eaine village. SAtfmf Tif nM'a barrel of money used to be t\ <<?ke in American politics—sometimes illustrr.ted facetiously ami commonly jibed at in colloquial journalism. Ho was a millionaire and very ambi- tious, and his money was very generilly con- ioidot-mi at the service of any section of the Demo ctatic jwii'ty that would hoo his row to win the Presidency. Mr. Tilden made a good use of his money in hie solemn will and testament, He left Lwo millions sterling to form and main, tain a free library. Such unusual generosity by an old man to the public could 110., of course, pass unchallenged. Titite far, however, the MpheW, who liiis gone to law boat upon estab- lishing 'th.tt. the old man must have been insane to *ass him by for the sake cf deluging pos- terity with free literature, has not gained much sfvc in the way of costs against himself. The Supreme Court of Now York has decided against his claim, and pronounced decision in favour of the permauenco of the Tilden Library Trust. Bat the litigation is not en Jed.

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