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Our Weekly Budget.
In commercial circles the great event of the last few clays has been Avhat is knoAvn as the repudiation by Turkey of sundry of its pecuniary obligations . We are not , as Masons , much concerned about matters of this kind , but it occurs to us that Turkey must be singularly blind not to
see that in natters financial " honesty is the best policy . " She has vast undeveloped resources , Avhich even a small amount of en < : rgy Avould enable the Government to turn to
good account , tnd then if she should Avant money again , she would experw nee no difficulty in obtaining it ; now we fancy she Avill find ifc no light matter to raise the Avind if occasion demand it .
There have been several speeches lately by members of Parliament . Mr . Russell Gurney , the Recorder of London , made the Admiralty Circular about fugitive slaves , noAV , hoAvever , AvithdraAvn , the text of his address to a Working Man ' s Association at Southampton , and Sir Stirling
Maxwell , after commenting on the work done during the past session , received a vote of confidence from his constituents . On Friday last the chief secretary for Ireland , Sir M . H . Beach , delivered a speech on Irish Education , on the occasion of the degrees being conferred bv the Queen ' s
University of London . Considering the strange manner in which the mob have been treating the Rev . Mr . O'Keeffe , ifc strikes us a little more education , with a view to a little more enli ghtenment , is imperatively necessary . But possibly the Roman Catholic hierarchy are not of the same mind .
The Home Secretary , Mr . Cross , also addressed a Working Man ' s Association in Edinburgh , returning thanks for the address they had presented to him , and expressing his belief that the labour laws passed last session would prove veiy beneficial .
This week the Alexandra Palace has been the scene of a Poultry and Pigeon SIIOAV on an unprecedently large scale . The entries exceeded 2 , 500 , and were ranged in 147 classes , of Avhich 84 were poultry , and the rest devoted to pigeons . The shoAv took place in the Great Central Hall , along
Avhich were placed raws innumerable of pens . The music was not what usually greets the visitors to this magnificent place of recreation . There was more of discord than harmony about it , but after all it Avas an agreeable kind of discord , and one Avith which most of us are familial * , only not
to such an extent . The crowing , the cooing , the cackling of a feAv thousand poultry for a few hours Avas very exhilarating , but not as melodious as tho symphonies and sonatas more generally heard within the Avails of the Palace . But , this apart , the show Avas a grand success , most of the best
knoAvn breeders contributed of their stock , and had the weather been other than it Avas , the exhibition must have been as financially successful as it Avasin all other respects . There were splendid specimens of Dorkings , coloured , silvergrey , white , & c , of Cochins , buff , partridge , white and
black , of Brahmas both dark and light , of Houdans , Crevecceurs , Polish , Hamburg's , Game , Bantams , with some representatives of geese , clucks and turkeys . To enumerate the many varieties of pigeons Avere almost impossible , but those who delight in these pretty birds must have been
pleased with Avhat they saw . We hope the attendance on Thursday , Avhich , if not a brilliant , AVRS at all events not Avholly a rainy day , may have made some amends for the dulnessof Tuesdayand the extreme moisture of Wednesday . On Monday takes place the Balaklava Banquet Avhen as many
of the gallant " six hundred " as are yet alive and able to be present are invited to celebrate their gallant deed of arms . The directors , Avith their usual liberality ,
came forward when there seemed a chance of the project falling through , and placed the Palace at the disposal of the gallant felloAvs , Avho moreover are invited to bring their wives and sisters Avith them . Several of the officers
who were present at the battle Avill also be present . Subscriptions are flowing in , and there seems every prospect of the celebration passing off most successfully . There is one point that strikes AAS as a little out of character . The artist , Miss Thompson , Avhose picture the Roll-Call
chanced to be praised by the Prince of Wales , Avill honour the occasion with her presence . We look for modest retirement in ladies far more than Ave do in men , and AVC do not see bow having painted one or tAvo battle pieces raises her to the dignity of a public Institution . This kind
of way in Avhich a person ' s fame is dinned into the cars of the public , smacks a good deal of trade advertisement . However , it matters not , if the veterans enjoy themselves . As Jupiter Phwi-us is no respecter of persons , wo imagine the Great Harvest Festival that was fixed for Wednesday must have been a failure as regards attend-
Our Weekly Budget.
ance , AA'hatever it may have been in other respects . Let us hope to-day will be bright and sunshiny , so that admirers of the winter promenade concerts may not be kept away . Floods in various parts of the country appear to have become current news for every-day of the wjeek .. If the
rains come down like this much longer we shall require a few immense sheds to be erected on the higher ground , so that when Ave swim to our friends in different neighbourhoods , we may be able to dress and undress with some degree of comfort . Or as the season is , just now , not
particularly warm , we might take to paddling our own canoes to the doors of our friends , or of the theatres , concert rooms , or other temples of pleasure . NOAV is the time , when the country is partially under water , to think of erecting
a National school for swimming . Let the gallant Captain Webb be installed Professor , with a Avell qualified staff of assistants . Teachers might be found , too , for the ladies , who would , doubtless , soon acquire the art under the able tuition of Miss Emily Parker and Miss Beckwith .
It seems as though our difficulty with China were likely to be settled—taut mieux . But the Chinese are a treacherous lot—tant pis . We shall consider the affair is settled , when the satisfaction is granted , but not till then . Prom Berlin we learn that the appeal of Count Arnim against the decision
of the Court below has been affirmed by the Court above , Avith costs against the Count . While at home we have just lost an eminent and zealous Churchman , as well as great scholar , in the person of Dr . Hook , Dean of Chichester , we hear from Paris of the death of another
eminent man , and one whose loss , as his reputation was more widely spread , will be more generally felt . We are referring to Professor Wheatstone , Avhose name in association with electric telegraphy has for years past been a household world . When men of this calibre die , their places are
not easily or quickly refilled . The report of Professor Wheatstone ' s illness came upon us very suddenly , and caused general SOITOAV and anxiety Avhen it was knoAvn in how critical a condition he was . On Tuesday the Avorsfc fears of his numerous friends were realised , and he died ,
as Ave have said , in Paris . The most fitting tribute of respect the country can render to his memory is to let him lie among our statesmen and poets , and men of science in the grand old Abbey at Westminster . Prom Copenhagen is announced
the approaching visit of the King and Queen of Denmark , Avho will be accompanied by their daughter , the Princess Thyra . The visit will last , ifc is said , some four Aveeks , and Avill , doubtless , help to dissipate the comparative loneliness of the Princess of Wales during the absence of her
husband in India . But perhaps the most noteAvorthy event Ave have to record from foreign parts is the visit of the Emperor of Germany to the King of Italy . This had long been talked of , but the illness of his Imperial Majesty proved more than once an obstacle in the Avay of
its accomplishment . At last , hoAvever , the fates have been propitious , and Milan is , or rather till to day was , en fete . The reception of the Imperial guest was a grand success , and it appears to have produced a great impression on the visitor . We can hardly realise the emotions that must
have passed through Victor Emmanuel s mmd Avhen he contrasted , as no doubt he must have done , the difference between Italy as ifc was in 1858 and as it is now—then a number of petty states — a mere " geographical expression " — EOAV a well-knit political body ,
increasing in strength and influence every year . To the late minister , Count Cavour , to his OAvn firmness and loyalty , to the late Emperor of the French , and lastly to the King of Prussia , noAv his guest as Emperor of a consolidated Germany , is Italy indebted for its present
condition of prosperity . All this no doubtoccurred to the Milanese likewise , and those AA-1 IO flocked into their city from other parts of Italy , thus we readily understand how the reception accorded the German Emperor must have been more
than usually demonstrative . Of the occurrences winch signalised this auspicious event Ave need not speak , but incidentally AVC may remark that the Archbishop of Milan contrived to he absent from the grand banquet , OAving to
illhealth . The Carlist Avar is not yet . ended ; the insurrection against Turkish rule still slumbers on a feeble existcace , and Princo Milan of ScrA'ia has been married . This is about enough in the way of budget as regards foreign matters ,
while at homo there can be but little that , is very exhilarating so long as this " demnition" moist weather prerails . While this lasts Ave are enjoying a perpetual web blanket , not only round our necks but enveloping us entirely .
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Our Weekly Budget.
In commercial circles the great event of the last few clays has been Avhat is knoAvn as the repudiation by Turkey of sundry of its pecuniary obligations . We are not , as Masons , much concerned about matters of this kind , but it occurs to us that Turkey must be singularly blind not to
see that in natters financial " honesty is the best policy . " She has vast undeveloped resources , Avhich even a small amount of en < : rgy Avould enable the Government to turn to
good account , tnd then if she should Avant money again , she would experw nee no difficulty in obtaining it ; now we fancy she Avill find ifc no light matter to raise the Avind if occasion demand it .
There have been several speeches lately by members of Parliament . Mr . Russell Gurney , the Recorder of London , made the Admiralty Circular about fugitive slaves , noAV , hoAvever , AvithdraAvn , the text of his address to a Working Man ' s Association at Southampton , and Sir Stirling
Maxwell , after commenting on the work done during the past session , received a vote of confidence from his constituents . On Friday last the chief secretary for Ireland , Sir M . H . Beach , delivered a speech on Irish Education , on the occasion of the degrees being conferred bv the Queen ' s
University of London . Considering the strange manner in which the mob have been treating the Rev . Mr . O'Keeffe , ifc strikes us a little more education , with a view to a little more enli ghtenment , is imperatively necessary . But possibly the Roman Catholic hierarchy are not of the same mind .
The Home Secretary , Mr . Cross , also addressed a Working Man ' s Association in Edinburgh , returning thanks for the address they had presented to him , and expressing his belief that the labour laws passed last session would prove veiy beneficial .
This week the Alexandra Palace has been the scene of a Poultry and Pigeon SIIOAV on an unprecedently large scale . The entries exceeded 2 , 500 , and were ranged in 147 classes , of Avhich 84 were poultry , and the rest devoted to pigeons . The shoAv took place in the Great Central Hall , along
Avhich were placed raws innumerable of pens . The music was not what usually greets the visitors to this magnificent place of recreation . There was more of discord than harmony about it , but after all it Avas an agreeable kind of discord , and one Avith which most of us are familial * , only not
to such an extent . The crowing , the cooing , the cackling of a feAv thousand poultry for a few hours Avas very exhilarating , but not as melodious as tho symphonies and sonatas more generally heard within the Avails of the Palace . But , this apart , the show Avas a grand success , most of the best
knoAvn breeders contributed of their stock , and had the weather been other than it Avas , the exhibition must have been as financially successful as it Avasin all other respects . There were splendid specimens of Dorkings , coloured , silvergrey , white , & c , of Cochins , buff , partridge , white and
black , of Brahmas both dark and light , of Houdans , Crevecceurs , Polish , Hamburg's , Game , Bantams , with some representatives of geese , clucks and turkeys . To enumerate the many varieties of pigeons Avere almost impossible , but those who delight in these pretty birds must have been
pleased with Avhat they saw . We hope the attendance on Thursday , Avhich , if not a brilliant , AVRS at all events not Avholly a rainy day , may have made some amends for the dulnessof Tuesdayand the extreme moisture of Wednesday . On Monday takes place the Balaklava Banquet Avhen as many
of the gallant " six hundred " as are yet alive and able to be present are invited to celebrate their gallant deed of arms . The directors , Avith their usual liberality ,
came forward when there seemed a chance of the project falling through , and placed the Palace at the disposal of the gallant felloAvs , Avho moreover are invited to bring their wives and sisters Avith them . Several of the officers
who were present at the battle Avill also be present . Subscriptions are flowing in , and there seems every prospect of the celebration passing off most successfully . There is one point that strikes AAS as a little out of character . The artist , Miss Thompson , Avhose picture the Roll-Call
chanced to be praised by the Prince of Wales , Avill honour the occasion with her presence . We look for modest retirement in ladies far more than Ave do in men , and AVC do not see bow having painted one or tAvo battle pieces raises her to the dignity of a public Institution . This kind
of way in Avhich a person ' s fame is dinned into the cars of the public , smacks a good deal of trade advertisement . However , it matters not , if the veterans enjoy themselves . As Jupiter Phwi-us is no respecter of persons , wo imagine the Great Harvest Festival that was fixed for Wednesday must have been a failure as regards attend-
Our Weekly Budget.
ance , AA'hatever it may have been in other respects . Let us hope to-day will be bright and sunshiny , so that admirers of the winter promenade concerts may not be kept away . Floods in various parts of the country appear to have become current news for every-day of the wjeek .. If the
rains come down like this much longer we shall require a few immense sheds to be erected on the higher ground , so that when Ave swim to our friends in different neighbourhoods , we may be able to dress and undress with some degree of comfort . Or as the season is , just now , not
particularly warm , we might take to paddling our own canoes to the doors of our friends , or of the theatres , concert rooms , or other temples of pleasure . NOAV is the time , when the country is partially under water , to think of erecting
a National school for swimming . Let the gallant Captain Webb be installed Professor , with a Avell qualified staff of assistants . Teachers might be found , too , for the ladies , who would , doubtless , soon acquire the art under the able tuition of Miss Emily Parker and Miss Beckwith .
It seems as though our difficulty with China were likely to be settled—taut mieux . But the Chinese are a treacherous lot—tant pis . We shall consider the affair is settled , when the satisfaction is granted , but not till then . Prom Berlin we learn that the appeal of Count Arnim against the decision
of the Court below has been affirmed by the Court above , Avith costs against the Count . While at home we have just lost an eminent and zealous Churchman , as well as great scholar , in the person of Dr . Hook , Dean of Chichester , we hear from Paris of the death of another
eminent man , and one whose loss , as his reputation was more widely spread , will be more generally felt . We are referring to Professor Wheatstone , Avhose name in association with electric telegraphy has for years past been a household world . When men of this calibre die , their places are
not easily or quickly refilled . The report of Professor Wheatstone ' s illness came upon us very suddenly , and caused general SOITOAV and anxiety Avhen it was knoAvn in how critical a condition he was . On Tuesday the Avorsfc fears of his numerous friends were realised , and he died ,
as Ave have said , in Paris . The most fitting tribute of respect the country can render to his memory is to let him lie among our statesmen and poets , and men of science in the grand old Abbey at Westminster . Prom Copenhagen is announced
the approaching visit of the King and Queen of Denmark , Avho will be accompanied by their daughter , the Princess Thyra . The visit will last , ifc is said , some four Aveeks , and Avill , doubtless , help to dissipate the comparative loneliness of the Princess of Wales during the absence of her
husband in India . But perhaps the most noteAvorthy event Ave have to record from foreign parts is the visit of the Emperor of Germany to the King of Italy . This had long been talked of , but the illness of his Imperial Majesty proved more than once an obstacle in the Avay of
its accomplishment . At last , hoAvever , the fates have been propitious , and Milan is , or rather till to day was , en fete . The reception of the Imperial guest was a grand success , and it appears to have produced a great impression on the visitor . We can hardly realise the emotions that must
have passed through Victor Emmanuel s mmd Avhen he contrasted , as no doubt he must have done , the difference between Italy as ifc was in 1858 and as it is now—then a number of petty states — a mere " geographical expression " — EOAV a well-knit political body ,
increasing in strength and influence every year . To the late minister , Count Cavour , to his OAvn firmness and loyalty , to the late Emperor of the French , and lastly to the King of Prussia , noAv his guest as Emperor of a consolidated Germany , is Italy indebted for its present
condition of prosperity . All this no doubtoccurred to the Milanese likewise , and those AA-1 IO flocked into their city from other parts of Italy , thus we readily understand how the reception accorded the German Emperor must have been more
than usually demonstrative . Of the occurrences winch signalised this auspicious event Ave need not speak , but incidentally AVC may remark that the Archbishop of Milan contrived to he absent from the grand banquet , OAving to
illhealth . The Carlist Avar is not yet . ended ; the insurrection against Turkish rule still slumbers on a feeble existcace , and Princo Milan of ScrA'ia has been married . This is about enough in the way of budget as regards foreign matters ,
while at homo there can be but little that , is very exhilarating so long as this " demnition" moist weather prerails . While this lasts Ave are enjoying a perpetual web blanket , not only round our necks but enveloping us entirely .