The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

"•J A HINT TO THE DOCTOR. A reVerend doctor of Georgia had a rather sloll delivery, which was the occasion of an amusing scene in the chapel of the Lunatic Asylum. lie was preaching, and illustrating-his, subject by the case of a man condemned to be hanged, and reprieved under the scaffold. He went on to describe the ga- thering of the crowd, the bringing out of the prison- er, his remarks under the gallows, tlie appearance of the executioner, the adjustment of the halter, the preparation to let fall the platform. And just then the appearance in the distance of the dust-covered courier, the jaded horse, the waving handkerchief, the coimnotion im the crowd. At th js thrilling point, when every one was; listening, in breathless silence, the doctor became a little prolix. One of the luna- tics could hold out no longer, but starting up from among the congregation, he shouted, "Hurry, doc- tor, for mercy's sake, hurry They'll hang the poor uian before vou get there --I .1 i.n owoii h

A TRICK OF THE TURF. The substitution of one horse for another in a race is a trick of the Turf that has more than once proved successful but it was never more neatly effected than in the case of Ruby, the supposed winner of the Althorp Park Stakes. After the race, which he won in a canter, he trotted back to the weighing enclosure, his saddle taken off, and liitU- self cbvered up with immense cloths this form gone'through, he was hurried off, and never seen in Northampton again. The haste of the jockey ex- cited some suspicion, but it was only long after- wards the truth was known. A horse named Brocket, who in the next year won the Royal Hunt Cup with 8st. 51b. on his back, was taken down to Nortnainpton without being entered for a single race, and placed in the next box to Ruby. WTien it came to the race nutrniug, Brocket was taken out ipsiead of, Kiiby,' wliiie the latter' was slipped into. Uis place. 'Pretending'lie was fractious, tlie jockey had him t-addtud at the post, so that previous to the run no ono not interested in the swindle caught a glimpse of him, and after it was over he was too much swathed up to be recognised. Ruby was the hero of another swindle. He was entered for the Derby, and though he had no chance for it, his lungs being effected, lie was cleverly manipulated by his trainer that no one dreamt of this failing, and he became an immense favourite. The dodge was this.. He used to be galloped round a hill for m distance of half or three-quarters of a mile, whereas the real or farther bourse, which he was always supposed to go, was another mile, making tihe supposed gallop n mile and three quarters. The hill shut out all view of the horseV performances, except at the start and finish having run such a short distance, and at all easy pace, he always pulled up well; but to guard against all accidents lie was mated with a horse known to be a confirmed roarer, so that if any suspicious sound was heard it was supposed to proceed from him. The swindle was kept up as long as a shilling could be got by laying against him, but he was flaally struck out uf the race.

TOPICS OF THE \\UIX !1' :,) Wii extract the following frqm the London morning journals :—" Strand Theatre.Special Notice. — Minnie Palmer will yfive £ 1,000 to any one who will submit to her an idea for IMitimate advertising that will reach all classes of people and enable her to avoid the various Methods practised by every advertiser." Here w » charming artlessness not always to be met with in theatrical performers, especially those wfco visit us from across the Atlantic. Little winsome Minnie Palmer do^a not know how to advertise herself, so she offers a nice big prize for a new method of reaching the public—in a legitimate way, of course. Wo suppose the lady will be the judge, and if so she will present her- selfr with the £1,000, for certainly the unique announcement is the latest development of the advertising art. if there is anything new under the sun jn the advertising line the shrewd little ABtMMeM lady seems to have revealed it. 7f;; r ;■ t n ri

THERE is nothing new under the sun," saya tile Preacher, and although we need not take the declaration in quite such a literal sense as Biblical enthusiast, who spent some years in searching for the appearance and rise of torpedoes and steamboats before the Christian have frequent experience of its general t^uth. The latest attempt to »ive it a modern application is made by a trade contemporary, wmch suggests that the Government should, ^d Tfcgard to our corn supply, adopt the policy Which Joseph made so .successful in iSgypt thousands ot yeafS ago. Th!Tp £ pd? points 6tit that out of 24,000,000 quarters of grain which mp, consume every year, 16,>00,000 quaiters tgm,ek from abroad. The supply might be in constant peril were we at war with a power Wiitfr a naval force vastly interior to our own," A sunken ship in the Sue2 Canal would send Ùlé; price of Indian wheat up 5s. a (quarter, While half a dozen Alabamas might paralyse the great Califomian trade. To counteract tgig the Government must build gigantic griinaries, and store up a sufficient quantity of co^> always keep our supply twelve months a&ead of the demand. The scheme is delight- fully bold, and if nations habitually dwelt upon tfcfc gloouiy instead qf the bright side of things, it would stand some chance of being carried into effect.

THE Secretary of the Maas Memorial' Fund ■VWkas the rather surprising statement that "no English singer ever did or ever could make j65,000 a year by singing in England." Doubt- less he has within his knowledge the real facts concerning Mr. Maas's income; and if Mr. Maas did not make £5,000 a year it is probably safe to say no other English singer has done so of late. Perhaps there is no great cause for com- plaint, even if this be the case for £5,000 a year is a large sum, and no niggardly recompense even for a great tenor. It is, however, often exceeded, if not in England and even in this eountry foreign artistes have drawn far larger incomes yearly than five thousand pounds. The greed of many famous vocalists for money has been the scandal and the ruin of art. Their extortionate demands have been the crux of the impreamrio ever since that gentleman has been in existence. In the famous satire of Marcello, written more than a century ago, prime donne are rebuked for their deed Jules Janin, prince of feuilietonists reproached the vocalists of his day with subordinating art to avarice and plenty of journalists since have taken up the refrain. Bnt after all what can one do? When the Empress of Russia hesitated to give Gabrielli A larger salary than that of a Field Marshal the capricious vocalist retorted, Then your Majesty may get your Field Marshals to sing for you," which was an argument difficult to sefute.

SOLICITORS and counsel who are condemned to practise amid the dull, decorous surround- ings of ordinary County Courts iftust often sigh *2ceeatmosphere of the tribunal over which Mr. Commissioner Kerr so vigorously presides. In addition to being an excellent lawyer and an unexceptionable judge, so far as the legal bearlllgs of his judgments are con- cerned, the Worthy commissioner is a man of '•J1"6 ^sympathies and decided views, and scarcely a day passes without his finding an opportunity of expressing himself with more or less vehemence and effect upon the various' Pj*9^3,0vhtjiQan nature lyhich couie under his notice. His latest tilt is, strange to Bay, at the veryprocession of which he is so con- sn#ca<aus a» ornament It having transpired in the course of a case that in ay action which had been brought in the High Court to recover £60 «o less than £ 3-, ha*J expanded in costs,' i ISs'0ner waxed wroth, and «sjd4h ms haste, not erxictfy what the Psalmist said under similar circumstances, but some- thing almost as severe and sweeping, viz., that M °i t 9* don't care a farthing for Anything except to ru,VUp bills of cqsts." The. members of the learned profession i will be pleased to hear that oae of tlieir number man- fully protested againstthis wholesale allegation, »Moh even laymen wit),think rather too severe.

^fade returns are of a piece with the weather, interrhinably cheerless and « oomy and the ong-prowised l)it af blue and glimpse of genial %Uaace, as difficult to detect analysing the February returns we feaW the best of the two plain facts to 1IDports «how a decreased of £ 2,586,2 iS^and the exports of £ 466,211. There «re'i*iine » proiesatosee in'this latest i6trtrn of our commerce, indications that the tide is at last beginning to turn. They turn a somewhat v optimistic eye upon the figures. True it is ot siOine significance to find that we are importing fcss of those necessaries of life in the shape of loofi an« ><irink which can be procured at horde, but on the other hand it is a serious symptom t materials of textile manufacture jfcow a jfrthugoff of ao less than £ 1,288,000.1 Hia will not be rehfibed in Lancashire. Nor pleasaM to see that the imported nianyfac- a" lncrease. As a set-oil ■«*ese features in the return there eI? increase in imported chejui- lv«ye^j a tanning substances. If Lord « a'*ve he would view this item t 1 11 ,(.f tloc-b, iii'Cals as an infallible harbinger of ♦ >,r,Pe"ty. We are bound to nay 1 J7ue lirenjt-m*V'r '^hsr crumbs of comfort k>a w.Dverffl in tb«3'figures '■ "i

vA N-EWS'lsf. 1" LjmI/0?»%otte: FlowarJ, only surviving sister'oi ? |r Jni»g'»aul» ',■,4S, ju«t died at her residence, fcaifulk 'fuWells. Quwi» Ihh'H pleased Ut approve of the ap- <> ij»..or-<j6ner:U A. G. Afdntti'inieiy MiWirfcj to the troops in the lieitast dis- *r:rt..1 O'OnrihorlWer, the defeatefV }<ir K^lniiojffion at the general ;i^ A,,r><>;nteil Uov«raor of tiio 'tliir- Vf, *ne memorttiel^ bytr^ Roman'^tholi. ^2™$*T¥> to th5 U)eiii .ry «t I ^re'lchy th hfgy^ V!> "V- Y ,w3, h^en uuVeiled k( 'die. I « tiiei *ctul<irW i>f llnnijJiSWto.' • ■ A EOJ)JM,T I! (. Ijev. i IIOIKAS Bargain's "Ingoliishy I i, volumes, first edition, one of i!ie •uivst «f thv {', uiksha;¡:,j:t:I; tllrIH.t! lip ill I!,e-aie eof the fii.e !ii> ury «>f iJisht<>ii Hall, in Staft'onlshin-. J*. Wi$ a v-ry fine c*py, in original clot; and was f,= Mi*. Justin Huntley .McCarthy, M.P., is about lie publish a new volume of verse, entitled "llatiz in London. Mr. Slngg. M. P., is lying at his house in Hertford Street, Mayfair, suffertng from inflammation of the lungs. The Hon. and He v. E. Carr Glyn, vicar of Ken- sington, has been ordered to Bournemouth for the ¡lungs, benefit of his. health. Lady lJilke is about to publish a volume of tales under the title of "The Shrine of Death, and other stories." The personal estate of the late Mr. J. n. Lippin. cott, the American publisher, has been inventoried at o,.113 dols. A telegram received in Glasgow states tlia4, the steamer Ettrickdale, of Glasgow, has gone ashore at Kuropa Point, Gibralter. Princess Christian presided at free dinner given I at the Windsor Guildhall to about 2UO children and unemployed men. A tire resulting in damage to the estimatell extent of i.'o4,t)(»0 has occurred at the clothing factory of Messrs. Jones, Chatham. The name of Mr. James Anthony Fronde has been added to the list of vice-presidents of the Asso- ciation tor Promoting State-diredted Colonisation.. The animal golf match between Oxford and Cambridge was decided on Wimbledon Common. (Jxfurd proved victorious by iJ9 holes to two. Mr. Martin F. Tupper has in the press an autobio- graphical work, which will be published about Easter, under the title of •' My Life as ail Author." In the near future readers are promised a story of In the near future readers are promised a story of the mysterious order, by Mr. Thomas Purnel. It has been 'The Lady DruciUa a Posthumous MS." ratmmjhsr A copy of Pope's translations of the Iliad and of the Odyssey, presented by the author to his friend Nathamel Pigut, Was §<14 ill Chrjsfce's rOOllU last week. .v. The Chief officers of the Snlvation Army .ire ac- tively making arrangements for the great Interna- tional C<>ngre?.s. t" be held in London in the week commencing May -i>. The will of Mr. William Francis Eyre, late of 20, Avenue des Champs Elynees, Paris,has been proved, the value of the personal estate amounting to over jC15)1-,000. The will of the Hon. Peter John Locke King, M, f. for East Surrey from H'47 to 1874, has been proved, the value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of £ :M9.0Oi). An ex-soldier, named Browning, formerly belong- ing to Methuen's Horse, has been remanded at Portsmouth, on charges of obtaining £ 10 and X20 by false pretences. At the Hull l'olioe Court Joim W. Brown, tobac- conist, has been finel .J;:1til, John Hyde X39, and a sailor named Burnist<-n £ yl for smuggling tobacco. The "deal" was hardly a profitable one. Owing to the continued severu weather the West Yorkshire co.d trade is now bri-sk, and all the pit- in the Leeds district are likely to be kept in full work for the remainder of the winter. The cost to the ratepayers of the Metropolitan police, as compared with that of the provincial constabulary, will be the subject of a return for which Mr. dame's SuArt intends moving. Mr. George Latham,. M. P., who is staying at the Queen's Ilotel. Southport, is now able to take exer- cise. The h >n. member )¡()P"S to take his seat m the House towards the end of the month. A communication has been received at Dover stating that Prince Henry of Battenburg will cro»s from Calais to Dover on the 17th inst, with his sister, Countess Erbacli. on a visit t) the Queen. Three ruined-glass windows to the memory of the late Mrs. Haigh, of Crow Nest, who bequeathed t: 111,41011) to local charities, have been erected in the Jiowsbury Moor and Daw-green churches. The compli mentary dinner given by thcHogartli Club to Mr. Seymour Lucas on his election to the Academy was attended by about one hundred mem- bers—an eloquent tribute to .Mr. Lucas's popularity. Michael Scrivener, of Harpham, near Driffield, committed suicide in 11:1 by cutting his throat. His sun, who was asleep with him, awuke to find him- self lying in a pool of biodd. A banquet to Mr. R. Murray Smith., on his relinquishing the post of Agent- (ieneral for Vic- toria. will take place at the Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday, April 7. The Duke of Cambridge will preside. The death is announced of Captain William Teagii'. the will-known manager of the Tiucroft, Cam Urea, and other Cornish mines. Me was a large landowner in Cornwall, and was a director of the Cornish Bank. The private view of the Hoi man Hunt exhibition look place on Saturday in the rooms of the Fine Art Society, New Bond Street. The show consisted of j ,.i(tiiie tliirt%l studies, representative of the life-work of the artist. Will.am Lewis, a local colliery manager, who neglected to attend at the Pontypridd County Court to give evidence as to the means of a workman was fined 1; L for contempt of Court he had shown by his neglect. Mr. Newman, head of the Well-known firm of Yorkshire solicitors, twice Mayor of Barnsley, and for sixteen years secretary of the South-WAst Hid- Yorkshire solicitors, twice Mayor of Barnsley, and for sixteen years secretary "f the South-WAst Hid- ing Liberal Registration Society, has died at Barn^- ley, aged 57. A testimonial, consisting of oil paintings of him- j self awl wife, and an illustrated address, have been presented to Dr. Blake Ougers, in recognition of his unsuccessful fight for Liberalism in Lambeth at the last election. A large anti-Home Bute meeting has been held at Sligo under the of the High Sheriff of I the county. -riie te,it of a separate leg is- iature in Ireland was stated to be opposed to the best intereists of the country, At the Nottingham County Court, a woman named Cuczon has been awarded .£30 damages against the proprietor of a shooting gallery, 'she having been shot in tholcgby one of the marksmen who patronised the saloon. Lord Esme tiordon lias received at St. Ives, Hunts, a handsome silver salver from nearly two thousand working men, who contributed one penny each, in recognition of fclie earnestness with which he contested the Division of North Hunts. The entire re-organiaatton of the Metropolitan Police Force lists been commenced. One of the most important orders has beeii with respect to the mounted constable*, and it has been decided that this class shall be considerably augmented iu the Westminster Division. The Ixidy of a child; having be&n found in the morUmryof the Leicester Workhouae four days after its supposed interment, it has been ascertained that lite mother followed au empty coliin to the grsive. This looks like another piece of official bungling, an inquiry is to take place. A marriage has bten arrange I between Lieu- tenant-Colonel P. D. Trotter, Argyle and Suther- land Highhimlers^youiigest son of the late Archibald Trotter, of Dreghorn, Midlothian, and Miss Scott Plummer, daughter of the late Charles Scott l'luminer, of Suiuk-rlan 1 llall, Selkirk. Lortl liianazoii has received a copy of a resolu- tion passed at a meeting of the representatives of the labourers of Kent and Sussex, thanking his lordsinp for iiis efforts to induce the Govermneut to adopt a well-considered system of State-directed Colonisation. Mr. Whistler will shortly open an exhibition of nocturnes, arrangements, and harmonies at Messrs.. Dowdeswell's gallery, Bond Street, London. Kii- niours are afloat to the effect that the artist illtelllls to decorate the. room iu brown paper and gold fur tl»e occasion. Miss Mouatt. the heroine of the Columbine, has, irrive I at Aberdeen from Lejth, on board the steamer St Clair, on her way to Lerwick. A number of people, including one or two of her rela- tives residing in Aber.ieen, came to see Miss Mouatt, who was accompanied by her half-brother, and looked extremely well. u i William Dixon lias just (lieu at SkiUDrooke, Lin- colnshire, at the age of 5)0, while the ages of tha five members of his family average 92 years. If, its is stated, the Lincolnshire fens are unhealthy, i|, ^rould be interesting to know wluit age these per- sons would have reached if the district had been •lore favourable to longevity.. ;mc -Duice ot Bedford, in a letter to Mr. II. W„ Holland, says it has never beqn Jiis fortune, either ;mc -Duice ot Bedford, in a letter to Mr. II. W„ •lore favourable to longevity.. ;mc -Duice ot Bedford, in a letter to Mr. II. W„ Holland, says it has never beqn Jiis fortune, either liJ England or On theCt/ntiiieiit, 'to'witness training aild -feats of skill and courage equal to those of the Circus at Covert Garden. Mr.' MAdox 'B#otvn*s TriemOt-iaT bust of Kossetti j4np«ide«l;tn MK ,Bed<lw»/s'drinJditg fountain proposed' ^ol bo'set up ii!'Olre-ylie Walk in ironour of the pain-1 ter-poet, is now iu the Manchester Art Gallei^'kM1'1 wlll before iong_be shown iu Loudoa. 1 rying to do business without advertising is like winking in the dark yon may know what you axr doing but nobody else does. j Asensatiohal drama, called "Our Silver Wed- ding," is being prepared for the 22nd inst., at the National standard theatre, at Shoreditch. Miss Mary Anderson (a New York paper states) will retire from the stage for two years at the termin- ation of her present American season. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has inspected the metropolitan police at Dublin, and addressed the men in highly complimentary terms. TUe Landseer Scholarship at the Royal Academy have been awarded lo Mr. Barnard liooke for paint- ing. and to Mr. A. G. Walker for sculpture. At a fire which occurred in Adam and Eve Court, Oxford Street, London, one of the lodgers, Mr. William Dron, was burnt to death. Ailsa Craig has now been equipped with IL light- house and fog signal, at a cost of upwards of £ 30,000. The works were begun three years ago. Millions of Money" is now ill full swing at the Grand rational Amphitheatre Westminster Bridge Uoad* and is played every evening to a full and ap- preciative audience. The "Hamlet "brought out at the Porte Sarnt Martin Theatre, Paris, with Sarah Bernhardt as Op/tflia, has not succeeded, and is to give place to a revival of M. Sardon's "Fedora." It is stated that a small company is being formed to take over the We*tmin»t#r Review and convert it into a monthly, with considerable changes in in character and management. Two persons, a man and a youth, whilst skating at Black Park, Langley, near Slough, fell through the ice and were drowned. Another youth met with a similar fate at New ton--la- Willow* > -■ I An old lady of ahoutsixty was killed at Pollock- shields Station, Glasgow, by falling 011 the line. The accident was due to giddiness. She had a. box addressed 44 Aim Hopkius, V, Greeidiiil lioad, Paisley." A touching instance of the charity of Queen Christina has become known. She has undertaken the entire expense of the education of the daughters of General Fajardo, who died of wouuds received in the Carthagena affair. Admiral Lord Job:; Ila^ First Sea Lord Of the Admiralty, has arrived at Charing Cross, from Suda Bay, where he handed over the command of tlte Mediterranean Squadron to the Duke of Edinburgh. Considerable and satisfactory progress was made ast week in the work at the shipperies Exhibi- tion, Liverpool, some of the transepts are already oeing glazed, and the wood work enclosing the sides ihows now iM-omiiiently. Herr Franz Liszt has arrived in Vienna on his way to London to attend the first performance of tiis new oratorio, "Christ." From London he goes to St. Petersburg on the invitation of the liussiau Crown Prince. Margaret Payne (51). wife of a Pedlar, of Barns- ley, committed suicide in tlieWestgatePolice Station, Barnsley, by strangling herself. She had been arrested for stealing rhubarb. At Wandsworth Police Court, John Ford, a boy, Has been charged with furious driving at Birkhall. Rise, where he had, in a builder's ttarf, driven over Miss Gertrude Cook, who, it was stated, was unable 10 leave her bed. He Was remanded. An intimation has been received by Mr. Berivick OrgilI,as representing the choir at St. Ann's Church, Solio, that the Queen will be graciously pleased to hear the choir sing at Windsor Castle, under the jonductorship of Mr. Barnby. at ILII carl." date. About 400 Vienna workmen assembled on Sunday, for a demonstration at the tombs of the victims of the Revolution of The police, who were in strong force, prevented the demonstration anc dispersed the workmen, who offered no resistance. By permission of the Duke and Duchess of West- minster a complete performance of Mr. Villien Stanford's oratorio. The Three Holy Children, will be given (for the first time iu Loudon) at Gros- venor House on Tuesday, the 30th inst., under royal and distinguished patronage. At Warrington, John Broderick, tanner's labourer has been remanded, charged with attempting to murder iiis wife. It is a iegod tliac he kicked her on the chin, the left hip, and the right side, and also cuot the back of the chill. which was in her arms. A petroleum spring, throwing a powerful jet of oil, has l e.-n discovered at Yebel Zeyd, on the shores of the lied Sea. The Egyptian Government is expected to derive considerable revenue from the oil spring.. Mr. Austin Flint, the president of the International Medical Congress, has just died at \ew York, from- cerebral apoplexy, lIe had accepted all invitation to address the next meeting of the British Medical Association. Mr. E. Heneage, M. P., Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who has been suffering from a severe cold for some weeks,and is confined to his house with slight congestion of the lungs. Altholigh progress- ing favourably, he will be unable to leave his room for some days. The Board of Trade have awarded a binocular glass to Captain S. Svendsen, master of the barque i Erling, of Lillesand, Norway, in acknowledgment of his humanity and kindness to the shipwreck crew of the Empress of India of Liverpool, which foundered at sea on January 2ii, 188o. At the County Police Court. Leicester, Joseph | Reynolds, cemetery-keeper at Belgrave, was sen-i tenccd to four months" imprisonment, with hard labour, for having embezzled £ (i 3s., the property of the Belgrave Burjal Board, being money he had received for the internment of a body. | The Glasgow underground railway was opened on Monday. Two hundred trains will pass through daily. Up to eleven o'clock the trams were keeping excellent time, and were well filled with passengers. The island platform alone is used as a station, atttl is not terminal, and allows the staff to be concen- trated. A serious fire has occurred on a farm at Sellindge, near Hyde, in the oècuplltiollOf Mr. Richardson, resulting ill the destruction of several stacks, a large quantity of IIHLchillerv ulHl implements,, and agricultural produce. All the live stock was rescued. The cause of the fire is unknown. A man, whose namedoes not transpire, tnadea determined attempt to commit suicide, at Maltoit. He placed himself upon the line in front of ait np- proaching train" which, was stopped only jnst it! time, aiid the man1 had to be dragged from the posi- tion in which lie had thrown himsjlf. At the Wrexham Police Court, Richard Holland, landlord of the Exchange Vaults, Chester, has beer fined £ 10and costs for soiling in Wrexham marke foreign fat niadefjup to represent (fresk butter, I'lt( fat was made up iu pounds, stamped with a cow and coloured to represent fresh butter. On beinf analysed it was found not to contain au atom e: butter, but consisted entirely of foreign fat. ¡ A meeting of some of the greaf financiers r< France has hee" held, at the o lioos of the Credit Folicier, in connection with the Exhibition of lt<8i». M. Christopnile, the governor of the Cre 1 it Foncier presided. It wis unanimously decided to form i: society for tlie constitution of th6 guarantee for 11 it Exhibition. M. Christophile was charged by tht meeting to come to an arrangement on the' subject with M. Lockroy. Dr. E. C.~ Thompson, of the Tyrone Infirmary, of Saxe-Weimar, with the siliver meditil recently con- ferred up n hini by the Chapter of the Order of St. John ot .Jerusalem, ill recognition of his self-devo- tion in Saving, the life of.a oliihP suffering from malignant diptheria, by sucking the diphtheritic iiu'iAhr:Mie< out ot the patient's throat after the operation of tracheotomy had been performed. A passenger named Haiher, whilst travelling on the Cambrian line ixHwoen Aberystwitii and Llanid- l<jes. Jell out of the carriage door and sustained ill- ju.je-, for which, w at the Swansea Assizes, lie re- coveved £ ikM Ir an the railway company. Witnesses for the defence stated that OIL the uigiit of the acci- dent. tiie plaintiff said lie jumped from the carriage, 11,iukilig the train was running backwards, and ,liisiii.es Grove and Day have granted a new trial. A pathetic incident is related in connection witli the last moments of Brooks^ M P. for f'te Altrineham Division. Tiie hon. meinlier, who h;wl enjoyed a distinguished university career, and froni wholll great tilings were expected ia the House, wits toe have delivered his maiden speech on tlw | night of his dejUlu In -his delirium his ha'dueina-. tidii was that he was standing in t;.e House making I Itis maiden speech, and lie constantly delivered tha itddivss which he had prepared. In accordance with its ujsual custom, when one of its members lias heen elected to, the Royal Academy J the Hogar.th Club will entertain Mr,.Seymour Lucas! (he new A. 11. A., uj. a baiiquet. at .Liinuier's! Hotel, Vvhen Mr. Alma 1 adenni, A., prill pr^sidq. •, nl «,Vil Tijom Lor.1 1 revor s residence, Denb'i.rl,. sturc, on December 4, 1,86 1 valued at about £ 3o.0O.» liave been discovered by one of tiie male servants in an unfrequented part of the basement uf the house.

nOW TO TAKE UP PLANTS. I If there is a choice of plants, take up those which have short, stocky growth, rather than such as have strong, luxuriant branches. Cut back parts of the shoots, and remove the leaves from the remainder oj the plant, so that the necessary mutilation of the rout may be equalized by fewer leaves. Over-pot- ting <is a common error, which a gardener seldom avoids. Getting all the roots possible, with some soil adhering, select a pot into which the entire mass can be just squeezed, press the soil firmly into the pot, water well, and place for a few days in a shady spot, where a moist atmosphere can be secured about the plants. Sprinkling overhead frequently is a great help. After all are potted for which there is room, many plants can be kept all winter in a dor- mant state, if there is a cellar where a temperature can be maintained uniformly just above the freezing point. Geraniums may be placed in paper bags and kept hung up in the cellar. For this purpose, select the latest day before a killing frost. Good, tough manilla bags are best. though we have used common nevspapeis. Dig up the plants with a little soil ad- hering to the roots, put them in the bags, hang them to the rafters of any place where frost will not pene- trate, and which is not artificially heated. While they may live in a higher temperature, they make a sickly growth during winter, which weakens the plants. Fuchsias may also be kept the same way. Tlie older the stems are the better. Shallow boxes may also be used for keeping plants in soil. It is best to keep them out of doors as late as possible, Which may easily be done in our long autumns, if they are taken indoors cold nights. When severe weather sets in they may go into winter quarters. If in a dark cellar without artificial lieat, they will waut no water; if in a living roojji or light cellar, only just enough to keep from withering. The less they grow the better, when it is desired to keep them dormant. Tender tea-roses, fuchsias, geraniums, lantanas and any similar plants that have woody stems, may in this •manner be wintered over, and make excellent flowering plants for the next summer. Bulpd of the lily family may be wintered in the same way. But such as will stand in the open ground, even with a little protection, are better kept out. Gladiolus bulbs must be taken in, not being hardy. I They can be kept dry in paper bags or boxes out of reach of frost.

,II.I,IIf., ~A NOVEL WAOERT An English gentleman, travelling in America, had his attention arrested by a singular contest between a negro and a mule on which he was mounted. The dociie animal had thought proper to",ke exception to the carriage of the gentleman, which preceded him, and evinced a decided)disinclination to pass it; his rider, on the other hand, was as resolute in his determination to effect a change in the conduct of his beast. At length the gentleman heard blackey exclaim to the mule, I'll bet you a fivepenny I'll make you go by this time then, nodding his head, he added, Do you bet? After which, by means of some very pressing arguments of whip and spur, he succeeded in making the animal pass the carriage. The gentleman, who had been highly amused with the scene, called to the negro, arid observed that though the wager had been laid, lie could not see how payment could be obtained from the mule. "Oh, yes," replied the black, MasSa give me tenpenny for corn for him; he lose the bet, and me only give

:.Jli !■■■ him livepenny." I THE RICHMOND HOAX. One of the best practical jokes in Theodore Hook's clever Gilbert Gurney," is l>aly's hoax upon a lady who had never been at Richmond before, or at least knew none of the pecularities of the place. Daly < desired the waiter, after dinner, to bring him some j "maids of jiouour"—those cheesecakes for which the place has, time out of mind, been celebrated. The lady stared, then laughed, and asked," What do you mean by maids of honour ?' Dear me said Daly, "don't you know that this is so courtly a place, and so completely under the influence of State eti- quette, that everything in Richmond is called after the functionaries of the palace ? What are called cheesecake elsewhere, are here called maids of ho- nour: a capon is called alurd chamberlain; a goose is a lord steward; a roast pig is a master of t)ie j horse a pair of ducks, groouis of the bedchambers; | If- gooseberry tart, a gentleman usher of the black rod; and so ou." The unsophisticated lady was' taken in, when she actually saw the maids of honour make tlieir .appearance in the shape of cheesecakes; she convulsed the whole party by turning .-to the waiter, and desiring him inasfwect but decided tone to bring her a usher of the black rod, if they had one in the house quite cold.

THE MISER PUNISHEL. A miser having lost a hundred pounds, promised Jen pounds reward to anyone who should bring it tc hku. A poor litan brougllt it to the old gentleman, And dematidod the ten pounds; but ttte miser, I ( baffle him, alleged there were a hundred and ten pounds in the bag when lost. The poor man, how- ever, was advised to sue for the money; and when thE qause came on to be tried, it appearing that the sea had not been broken, nor the b:»g ripped, the judge flaid to the defendant's counsel, The bag you lost had a hundred and ten pounds iu it, you say '( Yes, my lord," snys he. "Then,"replied the judge, "according to the evi. dence given in court, this cannot be your money, for here are only a hundred pounds; therefore the plaintiff must keep it till the true owner appears."

iDESERTED AT THE ALTAR. Gossip ie now busy at Holywell with the circum- stances of a case of desertion at the altar which has occurred there. The banns of marriage between two young people well-known were called for the third time ou Sunday, and &1I arrangements for the wedding were effected. The bride and her friends attended churcli, and the clergyman and officials were present in readiness to tie the knot, but the bridegroom did not turn up, and a hue and cry sent all over the town to And him returned with the startling intelligence that he bad left the town on the previous night. The poor girl was overwhelmed with shame ana grief, and toft the church in a state Of mind which elicited the sympathy of all beholders, —i—'—j—■

/St'lClDK OF A BRIDEGROOM. Intimation has been received by the Aberdeen- shire Police of an extraordinary occurrence at Glen- bucket. John Downie, a crofter at Doeliry, who was engaged to be married, sent for a neighbour named Beattie to assist hiin in bringing home the luggage of his bride. Beattie called and found Downie evidently in good spirits. While they were seated together in the house Downie rose and took a double-barrelled gun off a rack on the wall. He left the room with it, as Beiittie supped to put it in a safe place. Downie did not return, and Beattie found him in an out-house, quite dead, with a gun- shot wound through his body in the region of his heart. From his position it was evident that he had placed the stock of the gun on a pile of fire-wood and the muzzle against his breast, using the ramrod to set off the trigger. The bullet luul passed through his body, and death must have been instantaneous. The man had not previously shown any indication of being in a despondent mood.

A BANKRUPT PRINCESS. The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Newa writes:—The Princess Ypsilanti, who has filed a petition in bankruptcy, is a daughter of the la.te Baron Sina, a banker and Millionaire. The event has caused a great deal of stir in society. She took the step herself because the holders of some of her late husband's bills threatened to seize everything site possessed. Besides the dowry which the Prin- cess received at her marriage, she inherited seven a 'n million florins front her father only ten years ago. Whatever the Prince freely disposed of is entirely gone. Only liappolts-kirchtin, a large estate be- longing to her children, remains to her for life; but even this is. mortgaged for a. miHion florins. The Princess's income of 100,000 florins, her jewels, furniture, and her claims to her late mother's for- tune, Are all assets, against which there are liabili- ties amounting to neariy two million florins. All Prince Ypsilanti's bills were signed by the Princess. Although it was known that his finances were in a very bad state, and his name was struck off the list of members of the National Club of Pesth when he could no longer pay his losses at play, the crash has come suddenly at hL,t., His exceptional rights as Foreign Minister ceased with his death, and his widow can be sued by his creditors. The Princess inherits four million florins from her mother, but the legal formalities for obtaining them are not com- plete yet. The Princess has taken to her bed, aud is only able to see her children. The declaration of insolvency must be regarded as a welcome re- spite by the family, whose house has been dttily stormed by creditors demanding payment. -"T-

BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. At the Liverpool Court of Passage, before Mr. H. IJodson Brenimer, deputy-registrar, and a jury, a dressmaker, living in Beaumont Street, named .Harriet Ellen Jar vis, sued Charles Vogel, a pork butcher, also of Beaumont Street, for damages for breach of promise of marriage. Mr. W. H. Quil- liatn appeared for the plaintiff, and statedthatthé parties had known each other for about three years. In the summer of last year the acquaintance ripened into love, and the defendant, doubtless finding him- self drnwu by Cupid's chaio, began to call almost nightly at the plaintiff's residence. Beforedoingso, however, he asked the advice of a mutual friend on the subject. This was a Miso. Ogilvie, whom he in- formed that lie had failed in love with the plaintiff, and asked her whether the young lady's affections were disengaged. He was told they were, and he then asked Miss OgiMe whether she thought a good- looking lady like the plaintiff could ever love a big awkward fellow like him. Defendant was then evidently very far gone iixdeed-(Itug liter). Miss Ogilvie, apparently Vent o" encouraging him. re- plied, "Faint heart never won fair lady." This seemed greatly to comfort hlln, for he replied in German Yah "—(great laughter). Apparently greatly encouraged, defendant now laid close siege to plaintiff's heart, and began to pay her every atten- tion. One day they went to Hale, and at the Child of Hale's grave he popped tlie question—(laughter). Plaintiff replied tnat she would not give him a definite answer then but would consider the matter. Some days afterwards he took her to Eastham, and in the Eastham woods he again pressed her to give an answer, and she consented to become his wife. He wished her to fix the happy day for the 7th November, hut she thought that too soon, saying he might change his mind. Defendant said this was impossible; that his affections were firmly fixed on her and her alone. Subsequently to this they visited together the tdaintiff's relations, and defen- dant was aiwitys introduced as the future husband of the plaintiff. A houtthe end of November, with- out alleging any reason, the defendant suddenly ceased to visit the plaintiff. Miss Jarvis conse- quently went with It friènll to his shop, and asked the reason of his su I len coolness. His only reply, however, was, I can change my mind, and I can pity for it." Next day she wrote demanding an explanation, but lie sinijdy placed the letler in a COllllllon envefope and returned it. This appeared to have ended the matter, and proceedings were thereupon lie plaintiff, a demure-looking young hi/yo corroborated Mr. Quilliam's opening statement, and said that she had been ill and upset II Owing to the engagement being broken off. She also gave evidence Cfn-rohoratingt Mr. Quilliam's statement-.—-1 be defendant was not legally repre- ) sented, and made so defence.—T|»e jury awarded- the plaintiff .140J fWumgci&i.i -:<• ■< v ?. ..(•) 11ii/ ■■■rH'.i i'rui ,a t|Ji ..r: ',I." 'I Mr. iv'iriricTsioy, r,evvik', author"of "Erin, Strike. thy lJarp A^ain," and otherilriSh melodios, has a c press. It is. entitled, f* 1 fyiiins Ui Itk; Ki^M-nai: tlie Voices of Many Lauds," /Sampson Low'and (V».'are the publishers.' .1 The death is announce 1 of Mr. Peter Reid, a weW-J' known Scotch journalist, in his seventy-seventh year. Deceased \,as the originator of the News- paper press in the extreme north of Scotland, hav- iagjounded the Johtiq Groat Journal in 183a

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