THE NOVEMBER MAIL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 8, Issue 378, 11 February 1864, Page 4

THE NOVEMBER MAIL.

The mail was delayed by the breaking el' a shaft in the machinery qf the Bengal, in the Red Sea. Sir John Lawrence is appointed Go-vernor-General qf India, and leaves Lugland on the 10th December. Lord Elgin’s death is. universally regretted. Earl Fowls has been elected. High Steward °f Cambridge; University in the room of the late Lord Lyndhurst The Attorney-General has applied for a new trial in re Alexandra, decided against the Government last term ; the rule is granted, and judgment will be delivered on the 7th December. The leading members, qf the legal profession have . held meetings to. revise the present system qf law reporting. The Great Eastern is advertised for sale, for judgment debt LaOQO. The Confederate rams at Birkenhead are closely watched by English gunboats. The co,urt-maytial on Colonel Crawley excites great public interest ; the proceedings are likely to, occupy several weeks. Ireland is said to. he o.n the eve of a revolution, tq he supported by an arma inent from America. Emigration to the Northern States, is increasing rapidly. Great mortality has occurred at Whitehaven, in Cumberland, from the prevalence of scarlet fever. One thousand persons died in throe months. An influential meeting against transportation to Western Australia, at which Sir Charles Nicholson presided, was held. Newmarket, meeting, the Cambridgeshire Stakes—Catch’em. alive 1, Merryheart 2. Forty horses started. Liverpool Great Autumn Cup—Mountain Deer 1, Golden Pledge 2, beating-Catch’em-alive. London, 3rd December. A committee has been appointed, under the presidency of the Duke of Cam bridge, to fraise subscriptions for a Memorial to the late Lord Clyde. The ship Austral , after leaving Plymouth for Australia, sxxstained such injury in tlie chops of the channel that she bad to be abandoned bv her crew ; she was insured for i; 0,0,000. The rate of discount is advanced to 8 per cent., and Consols were half per cent, lower than they were on the Ist December.

[from our own correspondent.] London, November 26, 1803. On the sth Mat,, Guv Fawkes day, the Emperor of the French delivered his annual speech at the opening of the session of the Legislative bodies. A more appropriate day could not have been selected. Louis Napoleon is the Guy Fawkes of .modern Europe, the political bogie of the nineteenth century. Nor, on this occasion, did lie belie his fame or disappoint the lovers of the sensational and exciting. His speech had been awaited with the greatest anxiety. Maxxy questions of the highest interest to the peace and welfare not merely of Europe but of the world, were clamouring for a solution of some sort. Poland, Italy, the Schleswig Holstein question, the|invasion of Mexico the relations of the Southern Confederacy, all pressed on the attention of the public, and kept men’s minds unsettled'and the Continental Bourses in a state of chronic panic. The Polish question however was the most ui’geqt and the most ticklish. Russia had point blank refused the overtures of Britain, France, and Austria, Britain and Austria put up with the affront very meekly, but it was feared French pride would not stomach the dose. The Emperor managed this in a way which showed daring originality and dexterity. In his speech he spoke with sympathy of the Poles and their sufferings, with gratitude of the friendly attitude which Russia Had assumed towards France within the last few years, and then, lamenting the disquiet which existed, the heavy expence to. which nations were.put on this account in maintaining enormous armaments, he suggested that a Congress of all the European Powers shoxtld meet in order to arrive, if possible qta friendly settlement of all the questions pending. Now this was a very important proposal, and it excited a great sensation. It was of course estimated according to the character of the man who put it forward. This estimate, I am sorry to say, was most unfavourable. The deep-rooted distrust of Louis Napoleon which exists throughout Europe caused the proposal to be viewed with suspicion as indicating on his part sopie dark ulterior designs. Lie had said in his speech that the Treaties of 1815 might almost be considered at an end, owing 'to the numerous changes which since then had taken place in the political arrangements of Europe. This unlucky phrase was at once seized xxpon by the alarmists, as shewing that lie contemplated some re-distribution of states nudprovinces and ageneral ‘Rectification” •qf frontier. Others, on the other hand, thought that the scheme of a Congress was only started by the Emperor to conceal the check lie had experienced from Russia by diverting men’s minds to a subject of even "greater general iutei’est than Poland. The former view, however was the most widely entertained, both because of the suspicion with which everything coming fro in the “ Man of December ” is regarded, and because of the large proportion of old vfomen by which the Bourses of the continent are frequented and indeed of England too. Sidney Smith you know, said that the three -per cents, were the biggest fools in the country, but the French Rentes are perhaps even more the victims of senseless pan its and old bogicisiu. The first effect

of the Emperor’s speech was therefore a general’fall on|t.he Continental Exchanges, a fall from which they have hardly recovered even yet. The excitement has been kept up, too, by the steps taken tq carry out the project of the said Congress, j Immediately after the speech was delivered the Emperor proceeded to.send invitations to all the Sovereigns of Europe to attend the Congress. Those invitations were most courteously worded bub the effect as yet is inadequate to. the pains taken. Some of the minor kingdoms, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and it is said the Pope, have accepted, but the great powers are reserving their decision and wait to be told wliat is to be the programme s of proceedings at the Congress, before saying yes or no. The general opinion seems to be that it will come to nothing. To expect all the Powers of Europe to come to one mind on such questions as Poland and Italy is absurd. How could the Austrian wolf lie down with the Italian lamb or the British lion eat straw like the Prussian ox ? How would even France like to have the question of her occupation of Rome broached by England, for instance as the backer of young Italy ? As if to make matters worse, an additional complication* has been introduced into the list of unsettled questions by the death of the King of Denmark, and the consequent accession to the throne of Prince Christian, the father of our Princess of Wales. By a treaty agreed to by all the great Powers in 1852 the right of succession to the Danish throne was settled on him andjus family in default of issue to, the then king, but it is doubted whether this treaty gives Prince Christian any sufficieiitly clear right to the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. The eternal Schleswig Holstein question is. thus revived in a worse shape than before. The German Bund, or Confederation, threaten to question Prince or rather King Christian’s right to the Duchies, and support as the rightful claimant Prince Frederick of Augustenbiirg, a son of the late Duke, whose right was passed over by the treaty of 1852. Not to .weary your readers with a long story I may say that this point is still unsettled, and of course adds to the perplexities of the proposed Congress. The Emperor of the French, however, perseveres in his scheme. Months may be spent in negociations, and by the time the scheme "falls to the ground, the Polish insurrection may be

at an end, and one of the main originating motives to the Congress thus be with drawn from the field of debate.

The Emperor of the French, since opening the session of his Parliament, has gone to his palace at Compeigne for his usual autumn round of festivities. Among the English nobility invited on a visit is Lord Palmerston, who it is said will there meet the King of Italy, from which conjunction the ’gossips here look out for wonderful results. Having mentioned Lord Palmerston's name I may as well speak of the ‘‘great scandal ” with which all London lias been ringing for the last few weeks. It first got wind in the Paris papers, where, the noble lord’s name was freely stated. The story is neither more nor less than this. An action is brought, or threatened by the solicitors, against Lord I’almerston for the .crime of adultery, the plaintiff claiming a dissolution of marriage from his erring wife, and damages to an enormous amount from the illustrious (presumed) culprit. I say presumed , because nobody believes in Lord Palmerston’s guilt, or considers the threatened action as anything else than a barefaced attempt to extort money. The first English newspaper wliicli gave currency to the scandal was John Bright’s oigan, the Morning Star, which would run great risks any day for the cherished object of befouling the noble viscount’s reputation. In its columns appeared a letter,from the plaintiff’s' solicitors, asserting that the suit would be canned on regardless of consequences, and that no compromise would be accepted. A sensation leading article then appeared in the Conservative organ, the Standard , written apparently on the assumption of the Viscount’s guilt, and for a day or two the excitement on the subject was very great. The whole edifice of suspicion was, however, demolished by a straightforward letter from the lady’s solicitor, Mr. Charles Horsley, in which he on her part denied the charge in into and challenged investigation He also added that the solicitors for the plaintiff (who had not given their names) were a well known firm of disreputable advertising attornies, who lay themselves out for such made-up cases, and that the plaintiff who thus sought to derive a profit from his wife’s public exposure was a dependant of theirs. The inference very plainly derivable from all this of course was, that it was merely a swindle for the purpose of extorting money. At this stage the matter rests, hut by large placards distributed over London advertising a pamphlet as containing all the particulars of the “ great scandal, O’Kane v. Lord Palmerston,” we are reminded that it may be carried a little farther yet. One thing is plain ; if this is simply an attempt to extort money, the noble lord owes it to his eminent position to unmask the conspiracy at all hazards, and punish the instigators as their infamous effort deserves. I may add that since this story was ventilated Lord Palmerston has been to Windsor having interviews with the Queen, and that lie still retains his position in the Cabinet, proving that neither his sovereign nor his colleagues attach any credit to the artfully concocted scandal.

A very painful case came before the Divorce Court Jiere a Jew days ago. and I see no reason for being prudish enough not to mention it, ns it appears in the papers here, those details only being suppressed which are positively unlit for publication. It is the case of Dalle v. Cramp

too. Sir John Crampton. lately our ambassador at St. Petersburg and since our ambassador at Madrid, a man in very high position and of eminent diplomatic services, was married at St. Petersburg to. Miss Victoire Balfe, the vocalist, a daughter of Mr. Balfe the eminent musical composer. Miss Balfe was at that time singing at the Grand Opera and had achieved a great success. She was accomplished, handsome, fascinating in her manners, and of unspotted moral character. Sir John wooed and won hera great match it was considered for Miss Balfe, and rather a mesalliance for the ambassador. - This was only four or five years hack. The ground on which Lady Crampton has now sought a divorce is impotency, Sii John did not resist the action and the divorce was granted. Poor Mr. Balfe was himself a w-itness at the trial, to relate conversations lie had with Sir John about some serious attacks of illness from which his daughter suffered, and his feelings quite overcame him more than once.

A frightful family tragedy, involving the murder of a mother .and her two daughters by their own father, and the subsequent suicide of the murderer, lias startled us out of our equanimity since my last. lam a very nervous old gentleman and generally shrink from such horrors, but I must mention this case, for none but itself can be its parallel. One Saturday evening early this month, a cabman plying for hire at the Shoreditch railway station here was hailed by a maii who, with a woman and two little girls, got into the cab and told the man to drive to the Royal Oak at Bayswater. On their way down Bisliopsgate-street the man told the driver to stop at a public house, and lie there got out, bought a pot of beer which was given to the woman and girls to drink, and gave the cabman a glass of gin. The cab then proceeded till, on reaching Holborn, the man inside again hailed the cabman, told him to stop at Furnival’s-inn, got out there, paid the cabman his full fare, and told him to drive the others on to the Loyal Oak, hade him good night, and walked off. The cabman drove on to Bayswater, and on reaching the Royal Oak got off his box to open the door. Oil doing so he found to his horror the woman and two girls huddled together in the bottom of the cab quite dead. Of course the alarm was given, the circumstances were all made public, the police were on the alert, and every effort made to discover the murderer, who was at once, set down as .the man who had gone part of the way with the poor victims inside the cab. On this occasion fortunately the criminal did not escape. The suspicions of his neighbours were excited by the description of the looks and the dress worn by the woman and the girls, and some of these neighbours put the police ou the scent. The suspected man was named William Hunt, and lived at Camberwell. On the Monday evening the police proceeded to his house, found him in oed, roused him up and arrested him.’ He managed however to he left alone for a minute, and then swallowed a dose of poison so powerful that on reaching the police office he was in the death agony, and in a short time died. So far justice was therefore baulked, but the proceedings at the inquest left no doijbt that this man Hunt, the husband of the unfortunate woman and the father of the two girls, was tlieir murderer, not hastily and by a sudden impulse, but deliberately and by long preparation. Further light was thrown ou the event by the publication since of some letters, written by the poor woman to a sister, disclosing a sickening detail of cruelties practised on her by her miscreant husband. He appears to have beat her almost daily, once at tempted to poison her, used the most unfeeling language lie could command, saying over and over again that he wished her dead, and that when she died he would not bury her but sell her body to tlie surgeons—with many other things itoo horrible to dwell on. Tlie poor woman in these letters repeatedly expresses his belief that her husband will murder her, and Rsks her sister not to destroy 7 any of her letters. The man .Hunt was a salesman to a wholesale seedsman in Covent Garden, where he had picked up a knowledge of poisons, and the supposition is that lie had managed to mix aconite or some such powder in the beer he got them to drink. In the political world there are soma interesting items of news. Of these the first place should be given to the reported resignation of Earl Russell, the Foreign Secretary. Though contradicted, apparently on authority, there is no doubt that it was offered to Lord Palmerston, but an agreement lias since been patched up and tlie Ministry go ou as before. The successor designated by public rumour for the Foreign Secretaryship was Lord Clarendon. The cause of the disagreement in the Cabinet was said to be Earl Russell’s objection to taking any part in the proposed Congress, and on the news of his resignation being received in Paris the French funds rose nearly a quarter per cent.,from which your readers may draw their own conclusions. Tim same authority here which tells us that Earl Russell has really not resigned, also asserts that the Ministry have finally resolved to decline taking any part in the Congress, so that the two events are very probably connected.

There have been three Parliamentary elections since mj r last—Windsor, And over, and Oxford. The two former returned Conservatives, and the latter a Liberal. This leaves parties the same as before, but the Conservatives’will gain a seat for Buckinghamshire, where there is

a vacancy by the elevation of the Whig Mr. Cavendish to the peerage. In all they must have gained ten clear votes, counting twenty on a division, during the recess, au l it is not .easy to see bow the

Palmerston ministry can retain their seats next session"at nil except on suffer-

ance. Mr. Disraeli has just had a nice little windfall. A lady living at Torquay left Mm her whole fortune, L‘40,000, and she lias now died, and into peaceable possession. It is a comfortable addition to his means, which though easy were not affluent for the leader of a party, and one who had to take a full share in a London season. The vacant -archbishopric of Dublin has been filled up by the appointment of Dr. Trench, Dean of Westminster, and a distinguished scholar- and theologian. He is of Irish extraction, and therefore meets with more ready acceptance than an alien Saxon would on the other side of the Channel. He is succeeded in the Deanery by Canon Stanley.' The Queen is at Windsor, where also the Crown Prince and*Priiicess of Prussia are. The latter laid the foundation stone of a new church there last Saturday. Prince Alfred is still at Edinburgh pursuing his studies. It is said he is to marry a princess of Oldenburg. . Who she is, and what sort of people her family lire,;l cannot tell you, but the Grand Duke of Oldenburg is one of the petty German princes, who, with several other most serene high littlenesses, has protested against the new king of Denmark inheriting Holstein, and is therefore doing Ms little best to bring about a war. It is curious, as showing tlie intimate family relations of the royal houses in Europe, that among the first to take threatening ground against the king of Denmark, the father of our Princess of Wales, and to attempt to dismember his kingdom, were the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, the uncle of the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Hesse Darmstadt, the fatlier-iu-law or rather uncle of the Princess Alice, the King of Hanover, a cousin of

our Queen, and finally the King of Prussia, father-in-law of our Princess Royal, lu justice to the King of Prussia, however, it must be admitted that he has been impelled to this step by the wishes of his subjects, who, like all other Germans, are raving mad on the subject of Schleswig Holstein. I don’t know what deaths of illustrious characters to record this month, unless it be that of Hales the Norfolk giant, whose mighty bulk induced so much wonder when he exhibited himself years ago. He was seven feet six inches in height, and belonged to a family of giants. But mighty as this son of Ar.ak was in mere size, he was not a very strong maUj though very stout. He died at the age of 43 of consumption, which seems a strange ending for such a mass of flesh and blood. The two ironclad vessels of war built by Laird of Birkenhead, and suspected qf being intended for the Confederate States, have been at length seized by,our authorities and confiscated. The friends of the Confederates are very indignant, which of course only increases the grounds of suspicion. After the coming of age of the Prince of Wales and his marriage this year it was taken for granted that the Lord Mayor of London \6ould have been made a baronet, and the tw r o sheriffs knighted; But as nothing of the kind took place great curiosity to know the reasou, and some dissatisfaction, arose. Taking advantage of this the Lord Mayor, on the eve of retiring from office, had the bad taste to write to Lord Palmerston pointing out the omission, and hinting that it might still be -supplied ! Lord Palmerston, in reply, decliued to recommend the granting of the honours on the ground that this was only done when the Queen ■in person visited the City, so Mr. Rose took nothing by his motion. It is however shrewdly surmised that the real reason why the Prime Minister ivas so obdurate was that Lord Mayor Rose carried Southampton on the Conservative interest against a Liberal, and proved himself last session one of the most constant voters in the’House against the Government, and that Lord Palmerston, being a resident near Southampton, could not forgive this. The great Shakespeare celebration of next year advances in preparation. In connection with this it is stated that Lord Brougham gave it as his opinion that Shakespeare was a very much over rated mail, and that he had not a very high opinion of Ms geuius ! Lord Brougham, I expect, is not alone in. this opinion, though he is the only man who has had the courage to speak it out. It is a sort of reaction from the excessive Sliakespeareolatiy, if I may coin a word, which marks the age. The walls and boardings about London have been stuck all over for weeks past with large placards containing the words “ Mr 3. Lirriper’s Lodgings,” and people wondered what it meant. It is the title of Dickens’ forthcoming Christinas story. Last year his story or stories entitled “ Somebody’s Luggage” was advertised in the same way. An anti-Malthusian Scotchwoman here gave birth to three children a few weeks ago, which were baptized at a little Scotch kirk at the west end. Two of the child-' ren were males, one female, The prudent parent, either from loyalty or actuated by that gratitude which has been defined as a lively sense of favours to come, named them Albert, Edward, and Alexandra, respectively. Of course the Queen sent the woman <£3 for her promising brats. Business has been pretty brisk, but the money markets have very suddenly tightened. The Bank raised its rate of discount from 4 to 6 per cent in two separate movements within less than a fortnight. The cause is a heavy drain of specie from England and France to pay foi cotton it is understood. Otherwise things do not look unpromising. The Wool sales arc going on favourably and prices still high.

There is fat last a prospect of your getting additional steam communication with Great Britain. The report has been issued, preparatory to the fifth ordinary general meeting to be held at the London Tavern on the 27th inst., of the Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam Packet" Company, in which it is stated that a marked improvement has taken place in the prospects ,of this company. The result of the workings during the last half-year amounts to 4:9559, being equal to a clear profit of 16 per cent, per annum. There are now six vessels employed, and the directors state with gratification that the earnings subsequent to the 30th of June are even higher in proportion than those of the previous six months, the gross receipts approaching FI 0,000 per month. The preliminaries of an important contract have been advantageously settled, by which this company will be enabled to establish a monthly mail service between Sydney, New Zealand, and Panama, in correspondence with the present line of mail steamers between the latter port, West Indies, and Southampton. The directors will recommend a dividend at the rate of six per cent, per annum, free of income tax, which will leave a balance of A 6309 to be carried forward to the reserve fund at the end of the year. The following extract gives the particulars of the New Zealand contract : —ln consideration of a subsidy of 4:76,000 per annum for five years, the company is to provide four vessels of not less than 1250 tons each and 250 horse-power, for the performance of a monthly service each way, between Sydney, New Zealand, and Panama ; three of such ships to be on the station ready to commence the line not later than the Ist of March, 1865, and the fourth within twelve mouths from that date. The voyage between Sydney and Panama, and vice versa, is to be completed in thirty seven days, including a stoppage of not more than forty-eight hours at Wellington, the proposed port of call in New Zealand. The distance between Panama and Sydney, via Welling ton, is 7,600 nautical miles. The penalties are light, being at the same rate per diem as the premium which is to be paid for under time. The directors would have preferred that the contract should be for seven or ten years, instead of five bui the Postmaster General had not the power to exceed the latter term. They intend, however, to make application for the substitution of a longer period, when the subject comes before the colonial legislature, and they have reason to believe that the application will be successful.

P.S.—Tt is confirmed that our Cabinet have pointedly but courteously declined to join the Congress proposed by the Emperor of the French. Some curiosity and uneasiness exist as to how the Emperor will take this rebuff. He may sulk a little at first, but as the example of England will be followed by Austria and the leading Powers, he must perforce put up with his disappointment as many a better man has done before him. The result, I think, will be to confirm peace rather than unsettle everything and lead to war. The Polish question will probably be chopped —lost sight of in the dust raised by the Schleswig Holstein question.

The East India Islands.— Captain Levine, of the barque Jeauie Oswald, who has just returned from a trading voyage among the islands of the Indian Archipelago, reports to the Melbourne paper’s, that very extraordinary weather has there been experienced during the months of August, September and October ; that in the latter part of August the island of Timor was subjected to a very violent shock of an earthquake which was succeeded by rain storms of a character never before witnessed in that region during the season of the south-east monsoon, producing the most disastrous consequences to a large number of the poor inhabitants, by destroying vast quantities of maize and coffee. A perfect panic seized the inhabitants of Dilly, especially the foreign portion of them, who, forming themselves into procession, night and day, marched through the streets, accompanied by the Roman Catholic clergymen, invoking the protection of the Almighty under such awful manifestations of his power. During the mouths of September and October (the dry .season), the island of Java was visited by rain storms of unprecedented violeuce, which inundated a large surface of the most, fertile districts of that rich country, carrying away bridges, destroying roads, and entirely putting a stop to all communication between the seaports and interior for months. Many warehouses' were flooded and their valuable consents, consisting chiefly of rice, coffee, tobacco, and sugar, much damaged or utterly destroyed. In sugar, particularly, very heavy losses have been sustained, not alone from its being most easily damaged and destroyed by water, but-from the circumstance of about four-fifths of the entire crop of the season being tlieu either in course of preparation for a market, or on its way to it, both of which positions being the most unfavourable for meeting suchunexpected weather. When Oa.pt. Levine left Java, in November last, communication with many parts of the interior had not been resumed, so that even an approximate estimate of the amount of damage could not he ascertained ; yet enough was known to warrant the conclusion that it must be very great. In the remembrance, of none with whom Captain Levine conversed on the subject have such storms been witnessed, even during the season of the north-west monsoons in Java ; but happening in the south-east monsoons, when rain is never looked for and seldom seen, the occurrence is remarkable in the extreme. Madagascar.-— The Coronation of the Queen took place on the 30th Augtrst.

There was no show or parade. The idols have been brought into the palace, and the Queen is often attended by them in her excursions.

Between the 6th and 12th November several attempts were made to set fire to the stores of Europeans at Tamatave. Several were binned down ; and it was supposed that the object was to drive Europeans out of the Island. It is expected that the French will make an attack, if reparation is not made ; and the prime minister who rules the Queen is said to have drained the place of young men in anticipation of such an attack. The embassy from Madagascar on their way to England and France reached Port I.ouis on the 7th December. They wei’e accompanied by Mr. Diiffus, a missionary. Mauritius. —The Port Louis Commercial Gazette of December 8 compares the shipments of sugar for this season with last. Up to the 31st July 1863 15 / ,500 tons were exported ; this year it is -expected that up to that date the shipments will not exceed 100,000 tons. Complaint is made of the differential duties in Europe, which prevent improvement in the refining of the sugar. o O

Dr. Dickenson and Mr. Thornton, of Dr. Livingston’s exploring party, died on the Zambesi iu May last ; Dr. Livingstone, who was then in Shire Valley, was recovering from a severe attack of fever. The Alabama has been busy in Eastern waters. A vessel arrived at Melbourne reports the capture by her of the ship 0 iuged Racer, Capt. Cummins, off -Anjer, Sumatra. The vessel had been Trading in the China seas for some years, and the master had a considerable quantity of valuable property of his own on board, which he lost ; the vessel was burned. She had also taken the// rmen'o and Contest. The Federal war steamer o' yomincj was at Aifjer on the day previous, and went out to tlm southward. A trading vessel, called the Alabama, has been captured by a Federal war steamer in endeavouring to run the blockade.

Rifle Firing. —-Sergeant Forbes, of the Ellon Mifies, made the following extraordinary scores at the Peterhead riflerange :—7OO yards, 2 sighting shots, 9 bull’s eyes, 1 centre ; 800 yards, 8 bull’s eyes, 2centres ; 900 yards, 8 bull’s eyes, 2 centres; 1000 yards, 6 bulls eyes, 4 centres. Sergeant Forbes used a \Vhitworfch rifle, fitted with perforated sights. Aberdeen Herald

■ The Annual Australian Wesleyan Conference was to commence its sittings in Melbourne on Monday, the ISfch ulfc. ‘ Stockriding Extraordinary. —A gen • tlcman residing on the Billabong determined, to test the-capabilities of his favourite stockbor.se in cutting out cattle, which, as most bushmen know, is tin? most difficult of all bush equestrianism. Accordingly, ho took the bit out of the horse s mouth, tied the reins to the saddle, and folding his arms a la Hamlet. proceeded to cut out forty head of cattle with as much ease as if he had been. guiding him by the reins ; and this, too, ni an incredibly short space of time, and without making a single mistake, io an experienced stockrider this mav not appear extraordinary, but’ to the uninitiated the feat will appear almost incredible, when they know th;\t —merely guided by the motion 'of his master in the saddle—the little horse walked into the inob, ‘spotted ’ the bullock his master wished to draft out, dodged him out of the mob, and ran him into the mob of fat cattle which were standing some 200 yards distant, with as much ease as a well trained Collie dog would single out a sheep, and take it from one flock to another. I should hardly venture to give publicity to this, were it not that six or eight others were present, and witnessed the feat as well as myself.— Bell's Life i» Victoria r