for some friend, or moro than friend severe, To make mo know myself, and make me fear ;' the wish may bo taken to bo gratified in the person of the ox-Premier and present Agent- General of Now Zealand. His gi'asp of mind and his abilities have been tolerably well demonstrated, and with his brilliant and so far successful Now Zealand policy in viow, ho must be placed , first amongst progressive statesmen in ' the'colonjeg,",. |

Discussing the proposition assumed by Mr Thornley that "supposing people gave up drinking, those now engaged in the Kqupr trade would be thrown but of work,"' Mr William Hoyle, the famous statistician, of Bury, writes to the 'Man chester Examiner and. Tiniesy stating that it is a ""fact that the money now spent upon drink would, if spont upon useful manufacturing goods, employ at least ten times as many people as it does now. At the Caledonian Distillery in Edin burgh, they turn over yearly some £1,5000,000 worth of spirits. They em ploy 150. hands. If the saino amount of money were turned over yearly in a "cot ton mill they would employ some 7000 or 8000 hands." Early rising (says a contemporary) is generally supposed to be conduoive to .. health and happiness, and indeed it has been alleged that few live to a great age, and fewer still become distinguished, who have not acquired this habit. A German doctor, however, who has de voted some attention to this subject, has arrived at an opposite conclusion. He has taken the troublo to collect informa tion as to the habits in this respect' of several persons who have lived J to ah advanced age, and he finds that in the majority of the cases he has investigated the long-livers have indulged in late hours. At least eight out of 10 persons who attained the age of 80 years and upwards were in the habit of hot' retiring to rest until the early hours of thd morn ing, and of remaining in. bed until tho day was far advanced. On the other hand, he has failed to discover, 'after careful observation,. extended over a 'con- ■ siderable length of time, of the health of several early risers, that it was in any degroe better than that of a. 