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to gav, they cannot go awar too fast; for, even here, my Lady Dedlock has been bored to death. * Concert, assembly, opera, theatre, drive, nothing is new to mv Lruiy, under tiio worn-out heavens. On last .Sunday, when poor wretches were gay—within tho walls, playing with

family; above all. of my Lady, whom the world jfdmires; hut if my lady would only ho “a little more tree,” not quite so cold and distant. Mrs. Rouncewell thinks she would be moro affable. “ Tis almost a pity.” Mrs. Rouncewell adds—only “almost," because it borders on impiety to suppose that anything could bo bettor than it is, in such an express dispensation as the Dedloek affairs ; “that my lady has no family. lishe had had a daughter now, a grown young lady, to interest her, I think sho would have had tho only kind of excellence she wants.” “ Might not that have made her still more proud, grandmother ?” says Watt; who has been home and come back again, ho is such a good grandson. TO BE CONTINUED. MADAME ALBONI. Wo have already announced tho arrival in this country of Madame Alboni, tho famous European songstress, who is to fill a prominent place in musical comments and criticism, in America for tho next few months.— Our reader willho glad to learn who she is, what sho has done, and what are her pretensions ; and wo copy for their benefit tho following from tho .Vein York Times: Marietta Alboni was horn in Cesena, in 1820, of respectablo parentage. Her scholastic education was necessarily limited, as at tho age of eleven she was placed under the musical pupilage of the famous master Bagioli, one of the first musicians of tho day, from whom sho acquired tho rudiments of her art. For some timo sho enjoyed tho instruction of Rossini, at the Bologna Lycum, and eventually made her debut, about ton years sinco, at the great Theatre of La Seala, inMilan. Her success was brilliant, and was conformed by a run of four successive seasons. Following tho usual path of artistic merit, sho next commenced a series of engagements at Vienna, whence, after the most triumphant reception, she was carried off to >St. Petersburg by the# Czar.— 1ho famo of tho cantatrice, established at Vienna, was fully confirmed at the Russian capital, and given to Europe as a fixed fact. She turned her face Praiseward, giving concerts and entertainments of tho rarest excellence as sho pursued a circuitous journey through Germany, and was hailed at the centre of European taste with unqualified admiration. With tho exception of occasional engagements in London, and a recent journey to Brussels, sho has made her head-quarters at the French capital for tho past two years. One of tho scenes of her residence in Paris was a grand fete at Versailles, at which sho and the Prince President were the ruling spirits. Signorini Alboni is not a handsome woman: hut lias what is better—an untainted reputation, and a character for many virtues, among which liberality is not the least. She brings her train Signors Rove re and Sangoivanni, a tenor and baritone, accustomed to support her admirable voice. The voice of this celebrated cantatrice is, in musical parlance, contralto. Itisofwonderful compass, embracing, with perfect ease, the extreme upper and lower notes, and is managed with a skid and grace only surpassed by its rich melody and power. Though assigned to the contralto parts, at Her Majesty s Theatre, during tho great season of the World's Exhibition, she was the reigning attraction ot that aristocratic establishment. American Influence in Europe. —“ I onnnot help taking a very warm and eager interestin tho fortunes of yourpeople. There is nothing, and tltero never was anything so grand and so promising as the condition and prospects of your country; and nothing I conceive morecertain than that in severity years after this itscondition w illbe by furthe most important element in tho history of Europe. Itis very provoking that wo cannot live to seo it; hut it is very plain to me that the French revolution, or rather perhaps tho continued operation of tho causes which produced that revolution, has laid the foundations all over Europe, of an inextinguishable and fatal struggle between popular rights ami ancient establishments—between democracy and tyranny—between legitimacy and representative government, which may involve the world in sanguinary conflicts for fifty years, and may also end, after all, in the establishment of a brutal and military despotism fora hundred more, hutmust end. I think, in tho triumph of reason over prejudice and tho infinite amelioration of all politics, and the elevation of all national character. Now I cannot help thinking that the example of America, and tho influence and power which sho will every year be more and more able to exert, willhave a most potent and incalculably beneficial effect, both in shortening this conflict, in rendering it less sanguinary, and in insuring and accelerating its happy termination. Itake it for granted that America, either as ono or as many states, will always remain free, and consequently prosperous and powerful. She will naturally take the side of liberty, therefore. in the great European contest—and w hile her growing power and means of compulsion willintimidate i'.s opponents, the example not onlv of the practicability, but of the emin nt advantages, ofa system of perfect freedom, and a disdain and objuration of all prijudiees, cannot fail to incline the great body of all intelligent communities fur its voluntary adoption.’— Jahil J<j '»ry. It 5s surprising our statesmen »'o not s.*e. that is in tJw ir power to give mi ttlrnmt imineufeurabtu increase to the power *>t our nation in Eurep. by simply establishing Cheap f > o:(agc on the Ocean. — linh'fJt ndent. From the Iwlepeodent. I WISH 1 COLLD DU SOBETBIM. ** llare tou read Inclo Tom’s Cabin said a lady to her friend, a few days since. “Yes,” was the reply, “and O, how it makes me long to do something. Men ought to read it. AU mm ought to read it—they can do something.” Rut cannot woman do something? True she cannot nor does she wish to go to the ballot-box. but lies there not a power kick of this? Was not Hannibaleveran enemy to the Homan name?— When only nine years old, his father made hi m take a solemn oath never to he at peace with Rome. Isnot slavery afar greater foe toour country than was [hunt to the Carthaginian nation? And 0 mothers, as we wish our country free ofher greatest enemy, a« we wish bur children to enjoy the blessings of life, liberty, and happiness, temporal and eternal, let us follow the example of liainilcar, and early and parseveringly teach our Abucrtisemcnts. < ASH IVUD I7OR rags, canvas*, Kentucky bagging anil wood, delivered at the (iene»«e Paper Mills, Rochester, .\. V. October 30th, IB.il. PAPER HAMiIVG

easts in his judgment was the rhinoceros. The civilized world became so deeply interested in this remarkable man that it eagerly followed his .every footstep as far as it could by means of letters that came from him at the long interval of year

The feeling was so intense that James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald determined upon knowing the facts. He summoned one of his staff - the intrepid Henry M. Stanley and appointed him to the duty. When Stanley asked his chief about the cost, this was Mr. Bennett's reply: "Draw a thousand pounds ($5,000) now, and when you have gone through that, draw another thousand, and then another thousand, and still another thousand, and so on, - but FIND LIVINGSTONE."

es. He explored the Zambesi River and its great tributaries. He astonished the world by his account of the Victoria Falls the greatest cataract on the globe. He furnished accurate information about the great equatorial lakes - Ngami, Nyassa, Bangweolo, Moero, Tanganyika, and many others. He found and made friends with tribes that he pronounced the finest specimens of physique that he had ever seen. He "became familiar with the numberless wil

deal. Stanley implored the weather-beaten explorer to return, but he declined, as his work was not completed.

He found fine coal measures, and taught the people how to use coal for fuel. He coached them how to build houses, to till fields, and to •defend themselves from ferocious beasts; and "he won all hearts by his kindliness, and the practice of his medical and surgical skill. The black men absolutely trusted this one white man, and never found their trust mispl

His body was brought to Zanzibar by his faithful native friends and handed over to the British cons

hip. He had more than fifty attacks of African fever, s

The boom that accompanied the war, and the availability of new money resources to colonists and imperial soldiers, was extended into the sale of land.

Another major economic issue of the war, and one that has already been touched on, was that of the prices of items - this was an area that also became the cause of much correspondence between military and civilian authorities.

But it was on the increased number of soldiers that most price hikes were blamed, for they presented a new area of demand which greatly stimulated markets

Another point is that, despite the fact that during the first eight months of 1879 the cost ofliving rose by more than 50% 43 - a feature that attended the rise in prices and caused salaried colonists to suffer- there were few colonial complaints about the high prices

The feeding of troops and of the colonial population was a priority feature of the war months, particularly in the face of a decrease of stock for slaughter and of a decline in agricultural production. This factor is revealed in the importation of flour, meal and bran and of preserved meat and fish. While the importation of flour, meal and bran had always been a feature of the colonial economy. it rose to new importance during the war with imports virtually doubling from 33 602 barrels in 1877 to 69 078 barrels in 1878, then rising to 74 059 barrels in 1879 before falling to 50 094 the following year.

The situation regarding sugar, which was destined mainly for the Cape market,

Thus while the Anglo-Zulu War was a period of human and stock loss. and of dislocation and associated misery, it was also a period of major economic activity for the Colony

The Zulu War of 1879 had not only involved the loss of men, stock. the disruption of trade and agriculture, a rise in the cost of living, the use of telegraphs and the monopolisation of the railway and the new hospital at Addington, in Durban, it was also to provide a severe financial drain on Natal's coffers which were already depleted as a result of the railway loan and the public wo