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petuous waters . " I wonder , " said his friend , " that the elephant , with all his strength and sagacity , did not secure an inside place in the ark . " " He was detained , " replied Canning , " packing up his trunk . " THE RIGHT HON . CHARLES TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT has contradicted the report , that he and all his family have conformed to the Church of Rome ; but adds , " It pains me deeply that my eldest daughter , now
abroad , should have become a convert to the Roman Catholic Faith . " TAUNTON ¦ ¦ —Brother Sir Charles Ochterlony , Bart ., has been elected President of the Taunton Cricket Club , and Brother Eales White , Secretary . REDUCTION OF RENTS . —Thomas Joseph Tenison , Esq ., of Portnelligan , with that considerateness which characterizes this kind-hearted gentleman , has reduced his rents in the counties of Armagh and
Kilkenny , according to the following graduated scale : —To all tenants paying the gross annual rent of 51 . or under , 6 s . in the pound , or 30 per cent . ; 5 s . in the pound , or 25 per cent , on the year ' s rent not exceeding 10 / . ; is . in the pound , or 20 per cent ., on rents not exceeding 15 / ., & c .
THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL . — The following interesting account , dated 21 st April , we extract from a correspondence of the " Jewish Intelligence : "" We went this morning to sit in the hall of the tomb of the Prophet Ezekiel . After a while we visited the tomb of the prophet . This is a large wooden case , about twelve feet long , five feet wide , and five feet high . It is covered with several dresses of chintz . It receives a new dress of chintz every year . It is put up to auctionand the Jew
, who promises to give the most money for the new dress has the honour of doing it . The room in which it stands is about forty feet long by eighteen wide . This room has , within the last year or eighteen months , been beautifully painted in a flowery style , in gold and other colours ; it is very high , and has a dome with a short thick spire over it . Beside the tomb of this prophet , there is another large room adjoining , with four other tombsbut these do not get so many dresses as the
, Prophet Ezekiel's does . This place is very long and spacious ; but I could not find out who were buried there . Leading out of this is a little dark room , which they call Elijah ' s , I asked them if they believed he was buried in it . They replied , they did not , it was only allotted to him . The above hall is at Chefil . Chefil is , now that the Euphrates is overflowing its banks , almost surrounded with water . The Jews of Bagdad are building in it very busily ; almost all who can afford it have a house
here . The entrance to Chefil has quite a busy appearance ; five or six little brick-kilns actively at work , and thirty or forty small fishing boats close up to the town . The place is surrounded with walls , and is quite a miniature city . The town is about four hundred and fifty feet square , but the town does not contain above a very small portion of the inhabitants , who lodge in tents of reeds and mats , and live outside , but are under the governor or chief , who resides in the town . All except the Jews are thorough Arabs . "—Jewish Chronicle .
A . SUPERFINE CONSCIENCE . —The number of seats in the metropolitan synagogues being insufficient to accommodate the immense number of Jews who flock to town from all parts of the country during the holiday ' s , the Jews' Free School , Bell Lane , has for many years been gratuitousl y devoted during the festivals , to the religious worship of those , whose means do not allow them to pay for seats . Nearly 3000 people c ' origre-
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Chit Chat.
petuous waters . " I wonder , " said his friend , " that the elephant , with all his strength and sagacity , did not secure an inside place in the ark . " " He was detained , " replied Canning , " packing up his trunk . " THE RIGHT HON . CHARLES TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT has contradicted the report , that he and all his family have conformed to the Church of Rome ; but adds , " It pains me deeply that my eldest daughter , now
abroad , should have become a convert to the Roman Catholic Faith . " TAUNTON ¦ ¦ —Brother Sir Charles Ochterlony , Bart ., has been elected President of the Taunton Cricket Club , and Brother Eales White , Secretary . REDUCTION OF RENTS . —Thomas Joseph Tenison , Esq ., of Portnelligan , with that considerateness which characterizes this kind-hearted gentleman , has reduced his rents in the counties of Armagh and
Kilkenny , according to the following graduated scale : —To all tenants paying the gross annual rent of 51 . or under , 6 s . in the pound , or 30 per cent . ; 5 s . in the pound , or 25 per cent , on the year ' s rent not exceeding 10 / . ; is . in the pound , or 20 per cent ., on rents not exceeding 15 / ., & c .
THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL . — The following interesting account , dated 21 st April , we extract from a correspondence of the " Jewish Intelligence : "" We went this morning to sit in the hall of the tomb of the Prophet Ezekiel . After a while we visited the tomb of the prophet . This is a large wooden case , about twelve feet long , five feet wide , and five feet high . It is covered with several dresses of chintz . It receives a new dress of chintz every year . It is put up to auctionand the Jew
, who promises to give the most money for the new dress has the honour of doing it . The room in which it stands is about forty feet long by eighteen wide . This room has , within the last year or eighteen months , been beautifully painted in a flowery style , in gold and other colours ; it is very high , and has a dome with a short thick spire over it . Beside the tomb of this prophet , there is another large room adjoining , with four other tombsbut these do not get so many dresses as the
, Prophet Ezekiel's does . This place is very long and spacious ; but I could not find out who were buried there . Leading out of this is a little dark room , which they call Elijah ' s , I asked them if they believed he was buried in it . They replied , they did not , it was only allotted to him . The above hall is at Chefil . Chefil is , now that the Euphrates is overflowing its banks , almost surrounded with water . The Jews of Bagdad are building in it very busily ; almost all who can afford it have a house
here . The entrance to Chefil has quite a busy appearance ; five or six little brick-kilns actively at work , and thirty or forty small fishing boats close up to the town . The place is surrounded with walls , and is quite a miniature city . The town is about four hundred and fifty feet square , but the town does not contain above a very small portion of the inhabitants , who lodge in tents of reeds and mats , and live outside , but are under the governor or chief , who resides in the town . All except the Jews are thorough Arabs . "—Jewish Chronicle .
A . SUPERFINE CONSCIENCE . —The number of seats in the metropolitan synagogues being insufficient to accommodate the immense number of Jews who flock to town from all parts of the country during the holiday ' s , the Jews' Free School , Bell Lane , has for many years been gratuitousl y devoted during the festivals , to the religious worship of those , whose means do not allow them to pay for seats . Nearly 3000 people c ' origre-