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Southland Times, Issue 696, 15 July 1867, Page 3

We take the following racy bit from the "Evening Star" (Dunedin), sth July:— "The following, is a fair, copy of an electioneering bill recently presented for payment to an Irish member of the . English Parliament: — ' -•■ , Esq., M.P., to . — , Dr. February, 1867. To plastering all the dead walls of Macroom and its neighborhood with election placards. To buying a stone an 1 a-half of paste and covering all 's bills. To scolding and abusing — — and all the renegades, and going very near being sent to Bridewell on account of doing so — £3.' [We consider that the charges are, considering the peculiar nature of the service, very low. Such a man. would, if he consulted his own interests,immigrate to this Province. He would, find a 1 Provincial Groverninent Agency' far more lucrative, and at the same time his 'covering,' ' scolding, and abusing' propensities would have a large field. Even if he did go c very near being sent to Bridewell on account of doing so,' he would only be the more competent to tread in, and follow the footsteps of, some persons similarly engaged in' this Province." '] As Iktebettpted Feast. — The, following is from a recent number of Galignani: — The excavations at Pompeii are going on with an activity stimulated by the important discoveries made almost at every step, and- the quantities of gold and silver found, which mor_e than suffices to cover the cost of the works. Near the temple of Juno, of which an account was recently given, lias been brought to light a house, .no doubt belonging to some millionaire of the time, as the furniture is of ivory, bronze and marble. The couches of the triclinium, or dining-room, are especially of extreme richness.- The flooring consists of an immense mosaic,- well preserved in parts,. and of which the centre represents a table laid out for a grand dinner. In the" middle, on a large" dish, may be seen a splended peacock, with its tail spread out and placed back to back with another bird, also of elegant plumage. . Around them are arranged lobsters, of which one holds a blue egg in its claws ; asecoudan oyster, which appears to be fricaseed, as it is open and covered with herbs; third, a rat, farci ; and a fourth, a small vase filled with fried grasshoppers. Next comes a circle of dishes of fish, interspersed with others of patridges, hares and squirrels; which all have their heads between their fore feet.. Then coinesarow of sausages of all forms, supported by one of eggs, oysters, and olives, which, in its turn, is surrounded by a double circle of peaches, cherries melons, and other fruits and vegetables. The -walls 'of the triclinium are covered with fresco paintings of birds, fruit, game, and "fish of all kinds, the whole interspersed with drawings, ■^hicjb. lend a, charm to the whole not easy to describe. -^On. a table of rare wood, carved and' inlaid with, gold 4 marble, aga.te, or 4 lapU Ja?wU> #§]?$ fp.un<s anjphor^j '(ss[ gqntftUjio^ \ring W&