... The Gazette of Tuesaay evening publishes the following cure for the cattle disease, communicated tp Earl Russell by Sir A. Buchanan, her Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburg:— St. Petersburg, Oct. 3,1865. My Lord,—A farmer in the interior of the empire has addressed to me a letter, requesting that the greatest possible publicity may be given in England to the treatment for the cure of the ...

... CHEPSTOW PLOUGHING MATCH. The Annual Ploughing Match in connection with the Chepstow Farmers' Club came off on Tuesday, the 17th inst., by postponement from the previous Tuesday—a step rendered necessary by the dryness of the land, owing to the long-continued, drought,—on Great Dinham farm, in the occupatiun of .M r. Thomas Woodhail, who liberally supplied a substantial luncheon at the house, ...

... CHAPTEE, IV.—A CHARACTER. MR. SLAPPER-or, as he was universally called, Tom Slapper-was a character of no common stamp. To my first view he appeared the very incarnation of dirt and slovenliness. He was a man of the middle height, and about forty years of age; his long raven-black hair protruded in separate dusty masses from the wreck of what had once been a white hat with a great rim; his ...

... SUMMARY OF PASSING EVENTS. OF course the universal topic during the last few days has been the death of our late venerated Premier; and although this subject has been fully discussed in other columns of this paper, we cannot pass it over in our summary of events without a comment. It is our province to picture things as they come before our notice, and to epitomise the topics of the day, that ...

... We have received intelligence from London of the greatest gravity, if there be any foundation for it. According to a telegram published yesterday by the Times in its second edition, the Government of the United States having recently been informed by its consul at Alexandria that the Emperor of the French was organising Egyptian troops to serve in Mexico, a Cabinet Council was held immediately ...

... Canadian Cheese.-The chief feature of the New York State Agricultural Show, which has just been held, was the monster cheese from Canada They fancy that they know something about cheese in the State of New York; but Canada carried away the palm. Mr. Smith, of Norwich, exhibited a cheese of just a little over 4,0001b. m weight, which laid the New Yorkers as fiat as pancakes. At first our Yankee ...

... HER MAJESTY'S STAGHOUNDS. few days ago several deer were netted in Windsor Great Park, for the purpose of blooding the hounds, preparatory to the commencement of the hunting season. Two of the deer were hunted down and killed, and this week two others were hunted for the same purpose. On the 1st of November the regular hunting season commences. Both horsas and hounds are in fine condition. ...

... When we (Bell's Life) come to remember the natural vivacity and thoroughly English tone of the late Pre- mier's character it would have sounded strange in- deed had he not evinced some taste for our national sports. Continually in office from a^ very early age, and, like the famous Vicar of Bray, with whatsoever king might reign, Lord Palmerston had never much leisure to devote to rural ...

... THOMAS WILKS. —Your WILKS. letter on The Cattle Plague, which, has been handed to us as an original communication, is no- thing more than a verbatim extract from a speech made by Sir Bulwer Lytton at a recent agricultural dinner, and which appeared in our last impression. We cannot sufficiently depre- cate such an unblushing act of plagiarism. ...

... FALL OF FIVE RAILWAY ARCHES ON THE BRIGHTON EXTENSION RAILWAY. About eight o'clock on Sunday night, duriap the time the rain was falling in torrents and the wind was whistling loudly, the inhabitants of Battersea and Wandsworth were aroused from their usual state of quietude by hearing a tremendous noise resembling four or five distinct severe claps of thunder. For a few minutes speculation ...

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... n MADRID,- OCT. 14 The Queen is represented to be strongly desirous of coming to Madrid in the hour of its present affliction, despite the advice of her physicians, the Ministers, and her most attached servants. The cholera has completely banished politics, and forms almost the sole topic of discussion among the public and the press. The convents especially have been very heavily visited by ...