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their own. Some more desultory conversation ensued, after which a motioa that they adjourn for a fortnight was carried.

Discussing the character of Prince Napoleon, The London Daily News observes : "It la somewhat ominoua, we cannot lielp thinking, that this very abfe and seemingly very unscrupulous man, a ,Vn&n with intellectual culture worthy of a Greek and patient sublety not unlike that of a! Byzantine, should once more have come forth boldly in the front of French political life. It is only proper to remember that Prince Napoleon never was the iwe¥»"nowy^dem^jgogue-;Whoiß©^felo^«rMfoe s is, made U p o f generalities, ,and of ab- r Itractions'ithat 'when-they :are:-! ; ,touched. : .Jbiy i _ w .t^h^e. rr finger.. .pf.^cppk s ftr#u---j inent. He" is a man thoroughly acquainted with"ctlie! politics of Europe. Three fourths of his occupation when-his cousin was Emperor, consisted in secret " inis&i9ll|s "' ofj the highest importance, to foreign sovereigns' arid . courts. He was regarded as a man of' :gr fekt: and political judgment by-such very different observers as Count f Caypur and Mr; Gobden'. ''' He Is as 'much superior in talents and sag^citytp-men: of tjie stamp,_for example, of "the'late "'M. Ledru-Rollin, as he is inferior in'dignity'of character and career to M. Louis Blanc."

•' I* is^mor^iha'n^prqß^bie,^ says the Ballarat Courier, v.that we .shall .shortly be affdM^id'another- gra^dexhib'fiibn of Biljiaras; ii^j;^p^.3SCiffXo?|^i. h&titfe^ceir^ lish■Jc^iiipipnVf.orj |he appearancejpf^.is' brother,'Mr Herbert Roberts, ihatapipn haha^sfroKe ' player^; jQiiif made the enormous fereak: of_ 1777 at Driffield; 'iw Yorkshire; in^Ap'riP last, and his evening's-prbgranitne^cbnsisfts of I'6oo up,- Mi£&o. Beets S giving 300. i.poinls! stSrt. H_e will; a|s,q : play ,75, ,Mr Roberts giving ; aftiei'rwliicji he _will r( giye an exhibition.,of his r marvellous, fancy shots, ~ consisting or ,s".£. following shots, namely:—Twisting into' mid-; I dle;jpoek¥tf: -forcinf^'*'six^ fthbt'^'double forcing six shot; twisting balls Tnioi 1 all the pockets-; cannon round the hat; Gannon into onei two, and. three..hats y- cannon off the, the table on to floor; steamengine cannon.off woodwork; cannon,off all;; the,.pyramid ballsT celebrated.;lcan* non, ..Striking theuballv twice ■■;> steeplechase cannon; throwing the ball length of table; and making it stdpdead; semicircle j twist 1 citfnbni showing^ the '^ff#fc; 3 r bf-,si§e ] celebrated, cannon off 1 rf6ur'cusliion^ ; ! wonderful snake cannon roun 3 16 tumbler glasses andcftw^'decanfcers ;t|andi several other faricyljihbtsV dbncTudiug with spinning a ball on ajplate for the time of from six. to seven minutes;-' >{ < :? '■ j ■< <^Jtr^was^pjor.ted4o^the physician of one ofour "Melbourne hospitals, the other day (says a Victorian exchange), that there was aman lying |n one of ...the wards injia comatose condition. ;The-;nUrse-decla¥ed that .he. had b^ee.n r insensible .for.t^ventyfour{liours| afad' ishe had^tried^fn'f aitir to rouse him.^ Tie doctor vsaid it was probable that the patient was under the influence of a powerful,narcotic; perhaps he' had 'taken a." large ;dose of' laudanum. He!"said; if r^s'-lm^erativfely nettessaty that tHe^ufafprtuflsfte' bi§ >rrei s'.UspitStedv Bjjr' 'ii&ihe pb^rful. s.timfiian|; Accjordingly-j,' 'he direciedf' t;wo of his assis.tants to take a strong galvanic,bakery and 1 apply if to patient until he reeorered. „3Cherasfwtants went into/the hospital wilh ;the,battery,: while the nurse stopped for a few moments in the laundry. When reached , the man's bedside they placed the tetfcery qn,the floor, and, bariig'!th'e';?pitieDit's ankle, 1 they wrapped the wire round it. When everything ..was. ready_they turned-onthe. current full head. A second later the prostrate form of the patient bounded about four feet in the air,, and as Jt came down^ upon jthe r bed a second Whbcic^serit-iit up again,' the patient meantime exclaiming, " Oh, murder, murder#s^r t^|ash^|^|De,<;iipbion that. Another one of them '11 kill me ! O merciful Moses! Don't-do that again.l' When he came down the fourth time the doctors : turned;t>ff:the current;with the remark that they thought that would be about enough. Then one! ofltheM^ asked' -the 'patiept how he felt, and attempted to feel his pulsed 'Buti<3tKe!t,patient, ■ furious witli ,j rage, saidj "You diabolical scoundrel, what 3'^einoan^by^hitching thai thing tb me in that manner, say ?" "I?"ow be calm," said the: doctor, "it's nil right, you'll be better directly." " But it isn't all; right., I've :a ( min4: to ikoQck-yP"1" head r off for blowing me. lip with that infernaL machine. < ; , -W^hat d'youido it for, anyway ?" "My frientl, don't excile yburself,"fi said thesdoctor; i" Jou're been in a very bad way, and we ran the current through you to bring you=back to life." "Bring me back tb life! Why, you must be crazy. Back to life II -was no more dead than youwere." "Now keep bdol.i'^Y6nU rliav.e Been unconscious for twenty-four hours; Narcotic poisoning, no doubt? We havfe sa^ed^you frbin an early grave. 'It was fhe closest shave I ever saw. vlt, -wasi /.upo.n my honor." "-Well,. weU, jf, this,,, dpn't, ( beafc allrr—. You tppk.me fp'r the man in^^ ward 3.; Why, t'm ; ..pne:of:the;|i.ew wardsmea, and I lay .dowa'bn/thißibed'-:for' >a':nap.:*':'':'The':fe;lioir' you're ,'after. is;, over jyonder. -An; early gravei ; Wellj now, I • b aye .•: h eard h. of foolishness in my life, but this takes the rag' right off.;' iAnd I, give -you warniti' ihatijf- jovLcom^' about here #ith:'tHat a^pparatus ggainj tr ( ryin':experiments -oh me; I'll wrench your brain-pan' for fyoui" Then the •dbctbr' moved off in search jiif IKp right man, while the keeper went/pliit to hunt a dog to kick in order to relieVe his feelings. : ,; r : ; ;

Nellie Gregg, aged 10 years, went into the Utica Herald office and wanted to know the price of printing a love story. When asked to show the story she. said it was not written, butshe could tell it. The littleionß was given a seat;and told her love ; stjry very prettily, as follows: "Now, myjicame is Nellie Gregg, aiid I wa|nt this put in the Morning Herald and sign my name to it. Now, I went to El Dorado county, Cal., with my father a year ; ago and showed: Edward Slater a picture of a real nice girl. Now he-fell"in love with the girl and commenced writing to her, and Thursday of last week he came on to Utica and married her, and he never saw,her^before,/and.now he promised me a present and he hasn't given it'to m.c yet, and don't you think he ought to ?" Thai's all the story, and I told him I would put it in the Morning Heralds Please do it for ineV"'? "And theyjidid.; ■ !••:;■

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