MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 66, 31 October 1864, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

The Bbemek Winß; Cellaii,— Tha following . account is now running the round of the German p resg .__« The municipal winc-vault ; of Bremen is :; -' the most celebrated in all G-ermany. .- One section -•: called the Rose, from tho bronzp. .bas-relief., of , rosos over it, contains tho famous Rbseh'woin, which is.'now two centuries and a half old. There, sk large casks of Rhino wine, Johanmsberg, and as many of Hocheimer, were placed in" \L62<k In • tho adjacent parts of the same division of .the v cellar are twelve large casks bearing the names of. tho Apostles, and containing.winesnotlessprecious, but not so aged by a few years'; the wine bearing " the name of Juda3 is considered the best. The other parts of tho cellar are occupied with wines of a subsequent growth. By degrees, as a few bottles of Rosenwein arc drawn off, the casks are .filled up . -. with ApQß.tte wine, and that with some sort still younger, arid bo on, in such, a manner- that tho different easka are always kept very nearly full. A ._ smgle bottle of Rosenwein now represents an immense value. A ca3k"of wine ; containing 1000 bottles cost, in 1624, 1200 f. Calculating that sum ' at compound interest with the expense of cellerage, a bottle would positively cost 1Q,895,232f ; and a r glass, or eighth part of a bottle, about 1,361,904 f: The Rosenwein and Apo3tle wines are- never sold : but to citizens of Bremen. The burgomasters alone have permission to draw a few bottles, and to send them as presents to Sovereigns; A citizen ■ of Bremen may, in case of serious illness, procure > a bottle at 20f., on his, obtaining the certificate' , of his doctor and the consent of the municipal council. A poor inhabitant of ; Bremen may also. ' obtain a bottle gratis,fafter having fulfilled certain . formalities. A citizen has also tho right of demanding a bottle when he receives any celebrated; personage at hi 3 house a3 : a guest, : A bottle of Rosenwein was always sent by the city of Bremen to G-oethe on his/efe day." Novei, Mode op Punishment.— The London correspondent of the Ayr Observer writes : — " In walking through Kensington the other jday, I was much amused at seeing a' youth, verging on manhood, with -a lot of London hoys.folio wing him, compelled to draw a roller for two . hours as .a punishment for stealing .; flowers. •; The Park-keeper told me . that this voluntary penance had been of much, service". '.Whenever . any one was found out in. any petty theffc he J ,Tras told he might either draw the roller for a certain time or be taken into custody. The culprit almost always prefers the former ; and .he. had never known the same person commit another offence. This is a hint worth knowing ; for whilst it deters from a recommission of the crimes it saves trouble and expense "in a prosecution;" Impbovements at the TxrrDEßtE3.— The wall supporting the terrace of the garden of tie Tuileries towards the river, loss just been pulled down, and is to be rebuilt, and surmounted by an elegant stone balustrade. These terraces were^n^ade under Louis XIV., in 1665, when Le Hotre w^s charged by that monarch, with laying out. tie garden on a new plan. The terrace towards the" Bne de Rivoli was called the Terrias'se des. "FexuU&uts, from a. convent formerly stoocl close by. For a long time it was bordered- .witn.floweribeds, and the wall concealed by snrub3; but th> Convention had all these destroyed^ and' planted tie ground with potatoes. At- the ; end' ~6i the Teirace, near the river, was formerly>^Porte;2feuTei'by which. Henry 111, left Parison tiieday- of |he : b>rricades. By tie same gate, was .dfisfeoyed. in 1730, itie first troops ' bf-B^nrj: IYi : jentered Paris in 1594. — GaHgnani.'^V\i P .* -r<?fr • The Htghesi? Mouotaikis OBBEEAisr. — -A new measurement of -Ben ' !MacdiM ; . andjother mountains of tie Cairngorm group; has juat been made by the Royal Engmeera .; presently^ engaged upon that part" of tie ' Ordinance; Smrey^f Scotland. Ben Macdhui, whiciwa3fflamerly,: supposed to ba 4390 feet inlie^i^ is'np^set'dcTraat nearly 100 feet less than tb^t, ,-v^,: 43^l ;t Some;^ears since, BenMacdiui wa3^ supposed, fo l«;s.eye)iteen feefe higier than Ben , ibJe^ie^ht^ of : -wbici was then put down at 4373. BenMacoiai^ras, therefore, at that time autioritaiivetf^stafcE^ to be the highest mountain in Britaini " Since tien, iowever, tie fables have taken, a-turnf and Ben jXeris irould now appe,ar to be rby^ fer tier bigii&of the fe^o^. The Ordmance Survey of Ben Kevis, so fer as W* are aware, has not yet been : made j bnt takmgits ieight at tie old measurement of 4373 feet, and Ben Macdiui at jts newly ascertained lieight-— tj x, 4296 feet, Ben Ufevia appears by'tnWcaXmlaiion^ to be seventy-seven feet higier tiaa theiigiest of? the Crrampiaa range. The difference is 'eW.I greater in fevor of Ben 2feTis 3 if,ire accept Jis hel^it as being 4406, as markedin an^Klatelyipoblished:' by Messrs. Chambers in Mnner's : GailErylrofL Geo<rapby. Braeraich is- set-down in the new survey afc 4248- Cairntoul, wbidf^was foamerfy beHeved to be 4^4»feefcinieight l is now taken down five feet, and made 4240. The height of Ben&< botod ia S^ed at 3523 f^~^jui CwrMt,