aged by a successful experiment, may feel
inclined to extend its benefits. If a clear-headed lecturer on
political economy could also be appointed, perhaps in time our
industrial fellow-countrymen might come to understand that strikes are
always a mistake, and the masters, that fair play is a jewel.

Notwithstanding the stir about invasion and amateur rifle-clubs, other
matters do get talked about--as, for instance, the astronomer-royal's
communication to the Society of Antiquaries on the place of Caesar's
landing at his invasion of Britain. The learned functionary settles it
to his own satisfaction by tide-calculations: he has also been holding
an interesting correspondence with a lady on the geography of Suez, as
bearing on the Exodus of Scripture. And this reminds me that Dr J.
Wilson has written a paper, published in the proceedings of the Bombay
branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, to decide a long debated
question--the identification of the Hazor of Kedar, referred to in
Jeremiah--'Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor,
which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite,' &c. The doctor,
after careful research and reasoning, believes the ruins known as
Hadhar or Hatra, not far distant from Nineveh, to be the remains of
the denounced city. Layard and Ainsworth have both visited and
described the place, as many readers will remember. Those interested
in the progress of research in Biblical countries, will be gratified
to know that Dr Robinson has left the United States for another tour
in the Holy Land. Now that Christians are more tolerated in Turkey
than in some other countries nearer home, travelling in the East will
perhaps be facilitated.

Talking of travel: the Legislative Council at Sydney have granted
L.2000, to fit out an expedition to search for Leichardt; Captain
Beatson, with his steamer, is about to start for Behring's Strait to
look for Franklin; Lieutenant Pim has returned from St Petersburg--the
emperor would not permit him to go to Siberia; and last, supplies of
money and goods have been sent out to Drs Barth and Overweg, in
Central Africa, to enable them to pursue their discoveries; and the
British resident at Zanzibar has been instructed to assist them. We
may thus hope, before long, to add to our knowledge both of the torrid
and frigid zones.

To touch upon a home topic: we are told that government are rather
afraid of their own bill for intermural interments passed last
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