ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 571, 8 November 1862, Page 6

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

New Criminal Aot — A new Ciiminitf Ant has linen i^sue I i')v tlie trial ot c"it tin ':;u,es of homicide by persons suhje 't to the Mutiny Act. The objtvt of the Act is to briuvr juts -us i:h m;ed will) murder or luniiaUughter to tnai with. v. \v li ting for the arizes It ii eonndeied uxp ■•lienr d'd'hjt it «oul<l •■•■•itiil-ut" to the muiv speMv punishment, nf por'-o.i-. gui'ty, and ti the "nninteii nice of gooit order an I military discipline, if wh-u chi'K -d w'uli um.iler o mansl.iUjihrei co'iiirurte.i i.i <'< g -nul, W.iles, miltnifc i-f the jurKl'ction • f tliei'eiit al Ciim'-i-il i our', such persons were rendeiel li.U>'ut'> be ia.ii -fee ■ and tiie ' at tne Central Ciiinisial Court, aiu ir, whnchar^'d with niurior or manslau^liter committed in Ire an I. and elsew here th.tn in i:blin, auch P'-iso-is \v.-re rendered li.ilile to be iri'lic cil an 1 tried in Dublin By virtue of the Act a judge cm order a reinov.il as stated, and the proct'edio^ Are to ne ei'Tieil on vi tli - Mine niitnner „a iv ordinary ca-e-i. With (he vii'W of preventing a pi i&oner bfiii^ iuiurel by the removal, the pxpemes of his \vitae~scs, may be ordered, and i.icilitiL's given for his dcfi-nc . A prison r may Inremoved to anl from the CciUiml Cnrrrnal Court as often a* neees-.ary. The Act hns i<ninediafc a operation. A\o\-Y)ion.- A few day-i oiuce (the 2kh ult.) a trentleniuii c-illed at the (.JiMriiuycosi ILwpi.al, and inquired of the porter whether s"iue money he had just put i ito one of the ollncduj; ljov,e^ would be safe ii ivinjy been ,is<nred it would, be irumediitely went avv.iv. The snne day a fiiend of the iusrituhO'i walking just tlie abov. 1 m.-ntioneil bos, siw, or fan c oil that he did, somethi il; in iL. Ou applyint? his K^nknife carefully, he succeed.-d in extiactinir '22 xlO nntea. Having tiken tliu<p into the hospital. lUni informed the ri bideut officers of the citciiinbtanc. the box was PKainineil and i ir-eiuore f->und, makinu i idttl of £2.30 thin f ecly and anonymously contributed to fie fun !a of thi< de-sen Liir e!iarii\

Galiynani informs us that l)r Bosil"w&ki, formerly ineinbet of the ltuv>ii>i miv>b'i to Pckin, ha-i j «i-,t, sold to flic Imperil! Library of l\iris> a truupiiti'jent copy of the Chinese PeMas i-yuii-tbu Dictionary, in ninety-five \olmnrs Svo. This v.ibt lexicon cont an-i'ni(-=t all the conipuunii expiecbions in th" Cliinelanijuiuc, :iei;oinijiiiiie«J by au imtnense num'iei 1 of -'xniupies chawu fioni -acieil arid cla^ical woik^, a•v li <s tli isp i f hi toiisvis, phil sophers, and poet..— Illustrated London Ncaix.

A Umviuisal " IJi:kby."' — Tho project of f< und■ii'< a f Pnisa ui.iviwi! Derby, for ihe-year-od 'io-^'^s of all countries, li.is Ie -n tneim >ned Of tiie 10i),OOOtV. to b' i^iven as the prizj, t c Mnnicii>a JoiiiKUiof L\uis ha j V'll'.l oO.OOd'r. tor rbd years 16G-* uid ISO t, and eiim of the five irreit ra'hv'ay comp itiies have decide lon qiwu>r lO.OOOf' 1 . \eir y iii R'lipcor will aid a spendid work of ait as adaiable itoiiiento for the winner. Tho race « ill co no oft* hi June every ye ir. It now app -a* s that 83 lior-e> h iv. been emend lor Icii3, and ]2« fir 1804. Of the lior^es for J8153, 51 are lin jlish. -o French, 2 Get m m ml 4 Italian; for 180 1. 7(1 E.ujlibh, 'JO I-Vnch, 0 Qpr'n-iit, 4 'l # »erir # a i, anl 4 itiliati —Uali'jnniti.

Naval Prize Mokuy — Aniom; thr» mo .ejs ditn.iu on itunng the financial jvar 18 il 2 have bean £14 571, a portion of boj y ciptiiiTil ar (Jtntou in 1857, t12, 14-4 out of th«. "P-uliaiu ntiry »raur ol tun ty days' additional pay *o the naval fmce cnijiloyed on the China station in l'Sad-oS, and £G3O tmlanc'en' 'he I'a.'li.nnentary \ote ot the otHcc.".-- and c ew of tlu i' x fox s nice-, in the V c'ic region:, butw-'e-' Jiin-^ 1807 and rfcpttmbi'r, 185) There still rein li'is u,iisrributud abo\u i'l7 000 for slave anil tnu.aire HHiuty, i'G !)()•( ioi'M'vi-j;e service ictitleied by he •lajusiy's hhios, £G i)i!(i bounty for destruction of lirate*, and .€7.657 of tiie gr.iut for spe;ial services on the Chin i st ition

A New Gazza L\dka.— Tl.o celebratei m-itrpi' if P.u.rst an, w m.so ihuvmy: piop tifiiics ga\eiist;t lie well k.iowu drain i of the '" M.i'd and the 31 ig lie " I. as jiist bejii eclip-ed in i!>c annals of crime b.\ i bird of 'he s mie specie.-) at Hiwi nidus, mmi- Troyes \ub ) Two days since siikA? was seen to i -mic ioiu a lnyl )ft he onaiiu to n f inner n imed 1) 'm is i -an, but, as plenty of help wa-> at Inn ', thi f! imc vt-re ptomptly exunguishe I. ll<iw T the lire cmil i •aw oii^iiui'cJ was a iu\ stery, as no one h.il bi'"n •tear ihe place. Aclse c v.tmin itiou, hoieve 1 ' slowed that the inccndiiry «:i5 ;i tune in fi|>ie ih eh ha 1 stolon a small box ofluciters fro , tiie k.t•lieii, and h'd(.oi" to ainu>e him -elf with fitin i« c'te J'lit. T'lo < uipdt nfe iiinu di ifcy c> idem:icd io La h by the i-idimiant i'a iner .m 1 • x ■cuteil. I'm: liMPi.uoii at a Soldi i:u'« H\i.l.— The Em eror, a:; inp mind b/ c eril pj'^-o is a'tacli •.! tn th Ini[eiial housjeo d, lvarhc 1 ti.e c.uup a1;a 1 ; Viih_. uu- • i e'vu.' 1 , ai.d sir diivvn on abne i in ti ■ crow. I sniKituja c : t^ ret*. II" wis icco^nisod. however (it)i'- uancuu ne_J l, a d h.ii'cd \\ ir *i r, p at'"d crii 1 ? ;f " Vtvc I' Jinxpcrvur i" Afr -r lo.ikiua; ar the datiOT.sfor time, hit> Miijes'y, who was a*c mi padel by Pi mc Mm at, M. Wai tot. the Ambissador at

nh- il find "flier n<"itlem< ii CVflirin^e 1 a t'tw v.or is with those around him, and then iw to take pa"t in

.Ie .i.iikv, tiavi.,f^ e>i- i_ttea ior his p.utiie'a you v' v >rkw nua<i of Cus-e% -i v ijlihouiiny: vilhiiie. It would be impossible todescrib; the effect produced by .lit. pro •■> v uj; un .ill in s -lit. Ihe ch'-ers and ct-i<--•f " \'ioe I' Jimpcreiir /" ueie quite fi antic. \mon^ the perso is ivh.> wi inched this cuiioiis .scene wib G 'HH'.il XV , a. i intiiihite Iriead of the •viug; of fiiisbia. Tiie General \\a^ asTuirtded, anil

:>uid h;ndly believe bis (V s. lie will, doubtless, h> ible to draw from this im ident some valuable counsel ■a 1 King William. When the da-ice wn-, over the limperor, alter ba^n.i a few kind words to his pirtiir, ivuul towards tiiu lefreshmeut room, and then I'iie-ily Ii ft the cnnp. At ten o'clock, when Iw is (ui^tly strul inj homo, Milking a cigar, a iaidd c a^ed peasant aikc I me to allosv him *o light bis p p ., mlH'u me a friendly A ip on the shoulder, ;is if t) thank me, lie exclaimed. "Did \ou s^e bow h" lanced ftitii Maiii; B liion I ' '' Dii'you know her \ ' '• To be sine : -he is my uiece "' She tnubt be mm: • pleased" I he'icve you j s>he and her family will emmnber it f-ir 3(10 ycais. Loo'< you, Cha-ks X waking ot'tl c lio'iility, Louis Philippe of the middlecl .&8 but N.ipol on is the Emijeroi of the pedants." fu ih -so three wordt, my inieriojiitor had siiven me the Ir'st'iry of h ilf i eantury. — F'Cnch [ J fij>cr. Photography csder *Vatkh. -A photoirrppli has been ttk 'ii of tuij lied of tli j '•ea in Weytnoufcli Hay by Mr. Thomson. The camera was placed in a box with a piiite-><ia s front and movable shutter to be drawn up when ihe caiuoia was s ink to the I o torn The camera beiu^ fooi^ed in t iis box on land for object-, in thefoiegiound, at about ten yards, was let o»vn iroma boat, carrying with it the collodion plate uid the shutUr rai-e.l aud plate exposed f«r fen minutes. Tne box was drawn up, and the image developed v.as of rocks and weeds; but the irnataiv.iutaie anticipated to be ilcnved tr mi this appli -ation it ilia art is. to nbt-iin a knowledge of tiie coiniitio ( oJ pics, bridges, piles, aud .stiU'jtiues under water.— En/ilin!) paper.

Tun t'B.NNY to tiik Waitku.— -There is a goo I -io y goinji; the round <.ftl.o Paiis new&p.ipers. n tgitttLn lias been, it app ar-., for some time on fool Tor abilishing the oouceui' ot one or two sous .given from time immernoii d fo the yirfon who brings you your demi-tasse or yo ir glass of absinth" in a coffeilouse. La'ely a cu->tomerat on" ot the nio-tf isli on Me c if ex in Pahs paid bis reckoni-mrvvilhour addi.i.therel i th • oniiiiary copper compliment to the w,.it This functionary &aid no hiii'i, but rcaiirdi v til ■ < ust'jiner, who wis an old f/a'ii'iiS of the c tahlis une ■ with a look of blank remonstr .nee tac t y e f rci i» 'xpianation. '* Alphoi g>, 5 ' sn d tie custom-r. Vm ly biit firmly, " [ am very sorry that I belong t ■ t ■<■ society for nivins: nothing' to wiiteis " ''Oh. Mo a nicur. tic ditcs pat ra," ciied Al|ihnise, "you arc au od prat if/tie and, in thitci-s*, I in iy hint to you that I, and Eug n>, and Louib ynnd r, all belong o the so iety f rac ulentally &pil'iuir hor colf.-c ov. l r th trou-e^s of sti. gv cu-t)neis" T.ie member ofth society for uivug nothiatr to v/.iiter.s iiumedutely p c s 'il t n cciitiiu'S into Alphon.se'.s h n i an I went on his way l a s-idder a i I wis -r ina'i — lixp}fbs A Oimij Krt.M'D iy mm jMot.ikrs vrms by Sro.NE-niin'iwiso — YtM,"d,iv a'iiuqui<y was hpltt aft th' Cf ild n Lion Tavern, Cannon ttreJt-roail, Ir. Mr John Kumpi rey, Middlesex cicwr, ro-p ciint c de.itii of K'tliur Adele Frail, 'iired tw./y^nrs, wlm was ki'le 1 in her nurhei's arms by a blow mi th. hpnd fiom a btone. ft app ared from the cvi leuci ha some boys having flung a mwiv* dint, stme int > t c "assage of a house whei-e a little si I named M iiy A lie tinny, was playing, the latter piclod it tiji a .(1 th • w it into the street auam. Just at flint mo mem, howe, Mrs. Frail was pacing along th ptv.-i-ienf, with her daughter in h r aunM, and t!u bio ie struck the eiiilia vio'o n, blow on the head stunning ami drendfnliy iijating her. Mrs Pr.ii! f i ito.J and feli on the fl i r fston -s The chi d die I shortly afterwards, from th? iijuries received Th oronei- reui u-ked on the {rrent dnn»er of throwing sto ics in ciowded rhor u^hKres, and th? jury returned a verdict of •' Arc 'ental deith.''— D'spaOh EcCOESIASTICAr, TVIIVNNY IN rfPAIN.— The fi^ltermen at Vigo had been detained on the co «.st fo somi!da\s by a terrific storm which had • ep'iv d themof the m" nib of providing for their starving fim lies A "lean of cam S'lnshii.e shone fo>th on Sunday w ei< l.ibt. They attended hmh masa in b .(ly, aud tl.eu put forth "to sen. and returned with ample store of fi\h. Tne aufhoiities seiz ;d not only the fish, but the fishermen, on lauding, by order of the clergy, who forbid fishing on Sund.iys The Hshenncn have petiti mcd o'Dunnell, w io" wi'l tell t'^m thatth-y ;>re nmennhlp to hiuher iiiiiinrities th ni himself.— Duly NewsPaiis Corresponds. A Bull. Tne famous Mr Animr, noingtli onsjh a street in Windsor, two boys io iked «ut of a o ie-piir-of stairs window, and cried. " There poes Mr Atnner, that mikes &o nianv bulls'' H* hearing them, looked up, raying, " You rascals, I know you well enough, but if I h id you here i'd kick you rtownsttir-." •

A Story op the Olden Time.— The Rev. Andrew Brucp, wh i died neiirly " sixty yars since " was one •vening after dark attacked on the road by a footpa , who seized hi 3 horsw's >'ridle, and sternly demanded his money. The Rev. gentleman, recovering from his .surprise, recognised by his voice the person of his robber, a t iwnsman of his own, nnd cooly addressed him in his free homey way—" Ay, ay, John, wli iit time i took ye to this trade man?" The man, quite confounded, immediately disappeared, nnd, says tradition, this was tho first and the last of hia adveutuiM Rg a hiiUwftyman.

D.\.X(ji-.RB of Alp r. in AnvKSTiiki'-s.— Th<! Alpine di-nburs, says the AtliC'iamn, who went for h, early in June, to scale the M.itte.rhoni — and add the last triumph of skill and daring to be won in the Swiss inouutni'is — have been again defeatj'l. The peak defies all attempts. Mr Whimper, one of the Alpine Club, reached a higher point thm had hitheVto been reached ; nut au accidental fall, which in iy be truly de-c ihod a^ one, of tiie most miraeu! .;i5 escapes from instant death on record, camod him to aban ion, tor the, p esent, and perhaps tor over, all further iss.mlt? :on the virgin summit. In as 'ending the missof icj aud snow. Mr vA hiui,ier, who was alone, was compelled in one place to cut a series of s ejs in the ice. Knowing there was no further difficulty of that kind to be flared, he left his hatchet behind him, and on returning from his baffled attempt to ino-int, he found to his horror t nit his st 'ps were gone. The sun had melted them away ! As his hatchet could not be recox ered, he leaned over the precipice and be^an to Jro.l at tiie ice with his alpensto k. Some -now gavj way, and he rolled over the Ie lge. grazing his face and body on the rocks and ridges, crash, cra-,h, down the sides or a chasm eighi hundred feet deep ! By happy chance, he wa.s caught in a rough bed of rock on the crest of a precipice scarcely equalled in the Alps aud thereicm lined for au instant stunned and bleeding, though not seriously hurt. lie is slowly recovering from the shoi k and from his wounds. A few days later, Prof. Tyud.il re-appeared on the scene of his last year's adventuies. Mr A'hiinper's tools and experience were placed at his disposal, an 1 the con uieror of the KitFel setofF full of confidence and courage. But his courage ami his endurance were taxed in vnin. Again and again ne risked his life. Higher than any one has ever been up the peak he crept and cloinb : hignei than Mr Whimper : but the steepness of the highest peak repulsed him, and the undauiired but unsuccessful mountaineer left the Matterhorn unsealed.

Tlllv AIJT OF Gi3TTIVG Ul> A PIJIH.IC Cotlpaxy. — Tlu getting up of compmies has become itsi it an arc. It is e\en said, and with much apparent probability, that there are men who make i living by it. A curious example has recently been supplied of fiis branch of industry, in n sides ot letters lately published respecting tin on.ie.cted '• Bank of Queensland." Mr Mackay, t ie eminent shipowner, was invited to bccomeii iirector, and his inierest in Mie colony inulineri him to take a favorable view of ihe proposal. Uui lie found that the new company was to be saddled with the piiyme.it of £10 t OIM to a certain gentleman, under the name of "loim.it ion money.'" tnd, upon his deinurfing to such an CMgagemeiv. ne was told that ouc of this sum a douvciir won I i probably be pud to eac!i diiector. and a muni larger on to the sUarebroker. Mr Mackay there•ipon rciiU'liatt'd the w hole affiiir in a letter « lucn 'ie at once made public. We need not reeiphii!ate tlic coires;»iii(k'ti(:c. We gather from it (ha ihe propose.! bargain was not known to all the j;<-ntlcm( n who had consented to become directors; nit we also perciivi' that the existence ofsu -h inuidcrstandiiig is not explicitly douied. TneViceChiirmau of the Board, who made the coinui.in, .Mtion to Mr Mackay, has lesigned his post. Tn< niblicity given to the alfiir has induce 1 the pioj -c or to make a wry l.ir^c reduction in his fi'.sf Iciiaiiil for formation in nicy. We conceive tha thec'itrse taken by Mr M,il-kay will have dou gootl service to tho public, if, as he su»ge»ts, i i i.lii'-es directors to take some trouble in siftiiiL

Ie cost of h-irehing their nrojivrjs, and thciel) tiiids to diteou -age im.nartieable f-c'iemcs, which, :i lusoun wurls, -co.neto grief ivcrs d.iv, an. ••in- innocent puoyle along' with them."— Di»palrh.

I lETLUMtSCD SfICIDE OF A BkTTIXO A[\N. YVst.-rdiy, Dr L-ink.-su-r, tlie Centisil Middk^x C uqnor, nisritiiicd a painful investigation at the il'ipe Tavern, Julm-stirei, TuitcnliaM'-court-roa.i into the (ircnm-taiu-e? attending the detth o \lv Godfrey Clay, agcA 50 years, residi ifj at ti, Goo l^e-strpet. The evidence adduced from everal witnu^cs went to show that ileceasuil w;ics, cci;U)ly ron.'iected, and bad .-ilw.tys been supposed to lie in very (.<•(> >d circmnstiuiuos. very long since a very eonsi leiuble property walef. him. Li'terly lieh.ul been in the i nblic line, and was supp >sed to be ni'ieh a klicted to gamliling propensities ami betting heavily on horse raee-s. Witiim tlic past montli or two he appeared to have become wry destitute, complained of pains in his head, and kept in his room, refusing nourishment or food of any kind for as long as two lay.s together, either because he would not he the recipient of the bounty of bis landlord, or for the purpose of starving himself. On Weiliu-s lay erening Mrs Matthews the landlady of tho house went up to deceased's door and knocked to ask if he would not take something to eat, as was her wont of late, but being unable to obtain an uiswer, she called Mr Matthews. The landlord accompanied by police consiab'e 130 E at once proceeded up stairs, and finding the door locke<i inside they forced it open. They then enrerc • the ro'.nn, and found the wretched man dead and cold, hanging by his silk pocket-handkerchief, carefully arranged with a slip noose from a posi of the bedstead. There were other appearances denoting that the suicide was a very determined •me. Dr O'Co-ine'l, of 1, North Crescent, Tot ten-ham-court-road, deposed that lie was called to attend dtcea&ed, and that the cause of death wa* strangulation by hanging. Verdict — " Suici.h hv hin r. a ,r whilst in a state of unsound mind." — Despatch.

HiEii NiJGßnps Attacked by a Mob.— A mob said tn om-ibt cf Jrisii. lind attacked a tob<ic o uianufacloiy, in Brooklyn, in which iVem\>es wen- euil>l i.yed. ('ln y approached tr c piice fecieauiii.g- like infuriated demons, ;uul cryina: out' '' Kill the d ■ — it Niiy^urs," '• Burn the iV.iycurd," and other clegnnt Darts of sperch. The f lutory was surrou.-uled, anu loinbanled with stones and briekbits. aud altno^i every p.me of uI,L«-s in the buii li i^ w.is broken, whei, tiie inmates retreated to the uppor sf^re^. Th No;;* oss kept the ex it. c! mob at bnv for ne-irly ai hour, ou ihrt staii way, ,md touarhr with desperation, until finally one of rh"iii was heize i :n.ij <lr ii»^o J out--iile, where tie viol) went nt, him in bloolhonml a-hion, and woul I Iwve c irrieii out their tinvat to kill lain, hsid not t'le crowd be-nso fyieat tlvit only .'i ew of their Mow.s reaohe | the victim. At this juncture, a police force a- rived, and tin; Ncuro who lad hetn so badly 'i-aten ww forced b.ick into the ■ Hiiitiinft- f r p'""tt ction. But this was nor u'lOin p Uli dun ii the poUc • use>l th -ir "lvi)-> free y i „ m ili had fi ed tll.i whole lower p;trt of t c tk'jtori a id bu-eing tie p iliue inteif.-ie tor the urotui-tmn in the inmates, the r le.tder, a in in named Patriot Cee.ian, ihe keeper of a low gro^ntry in ('"olumM.i and cuidiJate for ulletmtu ii the BixrS. 'A'urd, v; ive ilirei tinns to fire the buildnm. A pot of t.ir w.ij, up>e r in liv low.-r a qu mtity of wool wispl.-ictii over it. nnd fiie w.u applied. " It eomii.•need to hum briskly, and but for ihe almost superiu i a>i exertion* of Ihe police, the bui dins: w uld iave been burned 'iirl the lives i f t-ii- employes, who had crow led 'tito t!ic upper storey must iv t ■gh'l sieiificel. While th police weie en^ ■««■! in xiin^uiahi'i^ the liie..th" s,tune-. au-l brtoKs thrown )v the iimb, io me the words uf one of the titfice > "r.iiucd np*m th'*in iii sh iwciN,' 1 and several of tn t">'ce were M-veiv y injured The po ice finally exii..rui<!n'd the tire, and ait r awhile di-.pe.is d rheoiow «• hi'*h. at one time, numbered several thouaau p° sons.

iSi:\Mtivß Orapcr^' xVssi.sta.nt3 -The P.vri tiibun Is have dealt with mi alldued bhel on wha 1 ;ir i-al yd " Diapier'- n«sHtiuts," api-->;ios of a pamphlet .'ntitlcd, "A Bus Irs Caficois!" fouiu! peisonaHy .ff-ii-iv*' by tlii-class (if -«ifi uooU^hopumu. The -quio was a pi a in favour of women's attendance mi

uly i'ust iiui'r-, a id siinp'y I'lnno liod ulut is ttcnenly iliQUilit of iuiu>cu iiie Puip'oyjient behind >ilk •unl todc ts cuiiu'eis. No indivimnl plaintiff having >v <«rarctiated a loss or wrons.', it was ruled tin* 1 in t 'cii' collective cipacty th-se persons could not sue a. a corp'iriti nor nuild. and w.: re thus put out ot c mrt. -Paris Oo'-re^pondHnt of Globe.

A. Nkw YorkZou vk in i New ('hahaptkr. — A tew d;i\sn o a Fr:nciiinai), diess>-d in the iimiorra (if a New I'ink Z mave re:im ij nr, appeared at thSouthwnrk Police Omit in a sad plight. He said h< lni ' mirti'd au Kiijrlishwouinn in New York, ari'i li.id recently an ived i < thi-i country on a visit to her friends. Soon aft hi 1 their arrival sh«" decuuii c 1 wi'Ji all his luujiuge. He was po-wssi'd of no other clothing ttia.li theunifbim he had on ; and he did not like wallu i}{ almitf the streets in that, us it caused people t-> laus*li nt hiai, and reminded, liim of " JJuli's Run.' (L-ai'ili er.) He was ai<o one ot those who escaped it lii I'd Hun. So'ne of thfir battalion, however, foug' t brave'y, nnd were much out t> pieces. He, however, was tired of t ie war, and pot aw iy aa soon as he could, and crnne io lingiand. Since lie had been in Hngland, he h.iu found out that his wife had a husband in London, whom she left some three or four jears ago. Mr Burcham said he could not assist him. — \lbion-

Tw > frien Is mePtimr after an absence of some years, durinir which time ihe one lrul increased considerably in bulk, and the other sill resembled only the effiuv of a man- siu] thp st'iut gentleman " Why, Dick, you look as if you had not had » dinner since I •mw you last." " Ami you," replied tin. other, " io.)k as if yoa had been at dinner ever aince."

Ifc muit Inve been exceedingly flattering to that >ouiik musical professor. wh> had just finished the performance of <me of tliem-ster'sfiiiestcomnosiiions, th ■ r;murk " Very fine indeed ! But won't you be kind euough to play sohw tun* for us." ,